Phil Lewis: A sweeping investigation into prison labor tied hundreds of millions of dollars to hundreds of popular foods brands. Prisoners are largely uncompensated and are often excluded from protections. “You can’t call it anything else. It’s just slavery.” apnews.com/article/pris...

A sweeping investigation into prison labor tied hundreds of millions of dollars to hundreds of popular foods brands. Prisoners are largely uncompensated and are often excluded from protections. “You can’t call it anything else. It’s just slavery.” apnews.com/article/pris...

Growing up, my family was not allowed Starbucks because their sleeves were made by prisoners in Texas who got $0.07/hr (or that’s what I was told) Of course the race to the bottom continues

Hillary’s union busting billionaire secretary of labor pick got even worse

This was semi known but it's good to have it said

the 14th amendment allows this continuation of hundreds of years of slave labor and must be changed

I often think about this when I see "Made in the USA" with no other context.

There are also factories in lands occupied by the US, like Samoa, where the conditions approximate those in Bangladeshi or Chinese factories.

I've been telling people this for years. We never abolished slavery. We just set terms and conditions on it. The text of the 13th amendment is not vague: ""Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime..."

This is disturbing as hell

Google [angola prison]. Hold onto your tummy.

Omg!! 😡💔💔😪😡😡 The cruelty never cease to amaze me. 😠🤯🤬

The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, says: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” Not just food, but license plates...etc

It's literally slavery. The 13th amendment: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_l...

Penal labor in the United States - Wikipediaen.m.wikipedia.org

Shocking but not surprising. Slavery never really ended completely in the US -- it just kind morphed.

Slavery. Disgusting.

Costco? COSTCO? Come on. Is there ANY store out there that's ethical anymore?

Repeat after me: there is NO ethical consumption under capitalism. 😓

Can't find anything specific about Target.

We can pressure these corporations to break the chain of prison labour.

No significant change will occur until they are threatened to and forced by the state to change.

Yup, its slavery. Prisoner slavery was the one kind specifically allowed when they wrote the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery after the Civil War.

Not arguing FOR it of course. Things can be legal and hella immoral. Economically, it also sucks for other companies that have to compete with slave labor. But it is (perfectly legal) slavery.

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