Show threadPeter Riley18h ago

https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/slavery-is-legal-in-minnesota-these-groups-are-working-to-change-that/

#Capitalism #Disney #incarceratedworkers ##IWOC #MinimumWage #Minnesota

Slavery is Legal in Minnesota. These Groups are Working to Change That. - UNICORN RIOT

Minneapolis, MN – Prisoners in Minnesota are earning less than a dollar an hour making products for Disney. That’s according to organizers and former inmates who gathered at a press conference in December to share what they’ve learned — or experienced firsthand — about the exploitative prison labor system in Minnesota. Organizers with the Incarcerated […]

UNICORN RIOT
Peter RileySep 11

Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour”
https://jacobin.com/2025/09/immigrants-trump-coerced-prison-labor

#Capitalism #exploitation #incarceratedworkers #GEOGroup, #Palantir #CoreCivic
#migrantworkers #minimumwage #workingpoor

$1-a-Day Jobs and the Logic of the New Immigrant Crackdown

Immigration raids and detention aren’t just political theater — they supply corporations with cheap, captive labor and help roll back protections for all workers. Behind the language of border security lies coerced labor that echoes the convict lease era.

Peter RileySep 2

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/02/trumps-immigrant-gulags-a-bonanza-for-private-prison-corporations/

https://thenewpress.org/books/the-prison-industry/

#Capitalism #incarceratedworkers #Prisons #Privatization

Peter RileyJul 16, 2025

Capitalists as always keen to “reduce the cost of labour”
"The pay is £1.25 in the morning and afternoon so £2.50 for 4 and half hours. So, £11.25 for the week, for 20 hours’ worth of work!! So, you think making us stand in a workshop for 2 hours in morning and 2 in the afternoon for about £3-4 is rehabilitation? It is these big companies making millions off slave trade once again.”

https://iwoc.iww.org.uk/2025/07/15/campaign-against-prison-slavery-virgin-atlantic-headsets/

#incarceratedworkers #IWOC #IWW #VirginAtlantic

Campaign Against Prison Slavery – Virgin Atlantic Headsets | Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee

The captive workforce and exploitative labour conditions within prisons offers companies opportunities to cut costs and increase profits. Behind the liberal façade of prisoner rehabilitation, prison jobs provide capital with unwilling workers to undertake meaningless tasks, at rates of pay no other class of workers will do. It is essential that we break the silence on private companies that are profiteering from prisons and imprisoned workers. In this article, we shine a light on the ways Virgin Atlantic1 are exploiting prison labour to further boost profits.

Show threadKevin Karhan Jul 6, 2025
@wdlindsy so basically #Slavery via the #IncarceratedWorkers loophole...
Peter RileyJul 4, 2025

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/2/ice_jail_alligator_alcatraz_florida

Detention Watch Network (DWN) is a national coalition building power through collective advocacy, grassroots organizing, and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States.
https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/

#DeathsinCustody #Florida #Incarceratedworkers #MigrantWorkers

“Alligator Alcatraz”: Florida Activists Resist Everglades Migrant Jail as <span class="caps">ICE</span> Deaths Rise in U.S.

Deep in the Florida Everglades, at an abandoned airfield surrounded by barren swampland, local law enforcement authorities are opening the doors to a huge tent facility that hopes to lock up immigrants swept up in the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine. Republicans have branded the still-unapproved facility “Alligator Alcatraz,” with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier boasting that the state can afford to keep staff and safety costs low because the wild animals of the swamp will provide security and prevent escapes. Immigrant rights advocates warn that the cramped facility will further isolate immigrants who are being rounded up indiscriminately and detained without charge, and could lead to life-threatening overheating and overcrowding. We speak to Nery Lopez of Detention Watch Network and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of the American Immigration Council for more about the “inhumane” proposed detention camp.

Democracy Now!
Show threadPeter RileyMay 1, 2025

https://inthesetimes.com/labor-organizers-of-the-year-winners

#anonymous #BeyondTheBars #educationworkers #incarceratedworkers #LaborMovement #Migrantworkers #Organize #StarbucksWorkersUnion #Teamsters

Announcing the Labor Organizers of the Year

The three winners of our inaugural prize are doing radically transformative work.

In These Times
Peter RileyMar 3, 2025

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/retinol-skincare-ingredient-history

#incarceratedworkers
#retinol #skincare

Retinol: The Skin-Care Ingredient With a Horrifying History

The miraculous wrinkle-erasing, acne-fighting cream, is the result of decades of horrifying medical abuse of incarcerated people in Philadelphia prisons.

Teen Vogue
Show threadPeter RileyFeb 28, 2025

(Note: The Gaga MAGAnificent Trump’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi, is a former #GEO Group #lobbyist. )

https://theappeal.org/geo-group-earnings-mass-deportations/

#Capitalism #incarceratedworkers #massdeportations #Profits from #privatisation

Private Prison Exec Calls Mass Deportation Plans ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’

GEO Group Chairman George Zoley said the company could gain up to $1 billion in additional revenue from the Trump administration’s policies.

Peter RileyFeb 4, 2025

Plutes, Capos, bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-49/

#labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions #incarceratedworkers #prisonlabour #exploitation
#IWOC #iww

In Contempt #49: Interview with IWOC Organizer Julio “Comrade Z” Zuniga

In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays. There’s a lot happening, so let’s dive right in! Feature: Interview with Julio “Comrade Z” Zuniga In the following interview, we speak with Julio "Comrade...

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