I thought the exploited labor in the food system was mostly immigrants, and the prison slave labor was mostly in factories these days rather than fields?
Not even just factories, inmates are basically farmed out to whatever company wants cheap slave labor to lower the bottom line. That includes fast food places, retail places, etc, not just what you’d think, like factory labor and farm work…
I thought the exploited labor in the food system was mostly immigrants, and the prison slave labor was mostly in factories these days rather than fields?
Not even just factories, inmates are basically farmed out to whatever company wants cheap slave labor to lower the bottom line. That includes fast food places, retail places, etc, not just what you’d think, like factory labor and farm work…
https://portside.org/2025-01-03/alabama-profits-prisoners-who-work-mcdonalds-deems-them-too-dangerous-parole