Prisoner-Workers Strike in Alabama

Prisoner-Workers Strike in Alabama

Thousands of prisoners in the Alabama state prison system have gone on strike, refusing to cook, clean, conduct regular maintenance, or labor to produce the license plates and furniture that they commonly make and from which the corrections system profits. The inmates...
Striking Sanitation Workers Replaced by Prison Labor

Striking Sanitation Workers Replaced by Prison Labor

Dozens of sanitation workers in New Orleans went on strike for COVID-19 safety equipment last Wednesday, May 6. The strikers make only $10.25/hour and are employed by a temp agency, People Ready/Metro Services, which contracts with the city government for garbage...