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Old 08-03-2016, 03:18 PM
 
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In America today, salt of the earth workers are forced to compete with slave labor from the prison industrial complex earning 10 cents an hour making products for the biggest companies in America.

How are workers supposed to compete against slave labor? What can be done?
Unicorp uses federal prison labor to build furniture for the federal government.
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Old 08-03-2016, 03:22 PM
 
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Salt of the Earth workers possess something that is stripped of the prisoner... Free will. The worker is free to migrate to the best paying job opportunities, while the prisoner is stuck doing whatever work is made available to them.

I really don't think you will find too many workers who would argue that the prisoner has any sort of advantage over them. If they thought that to be true, than they might be tempted to trade places. I doubt there would be many takers.
You're missing the point.
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Old 08-03-2016, 05:14 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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Pay the inmates nothing and work them on chain gangs
Really? Everyone in prison belongs there?
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