CA Relies on Incarcerated Firefighters. They Finally Make Federal Minimum Wage.

California relies heavily on incarcerated firefighters to protect life and property, but pays them a pittance. Recently, a major grassroots and legislative push to improve working conditions for incarcerated firefighters enjoyed some success. On October 13, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 247 into law, raising their base pay and doubling the amount by which they can reduce their sentences.

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Nebraska’s prison labor program ties immigration enforcement to incarceration — raising tough questions about justice, fairness, and profit.

Is this labor… or exploitation?

#Brewminate #Justice #History #Immigration #PrisonLabor

https://brewminate.com/cornhusker-clink-immigration-enforcement-meets-prison-labor/

Todays a good day to resurface the @BrennanCenter analysis on Trump’s Presidency and the the Private Prison Industry.

Mass #deportations, increased #criminalization, & many eager U.S. corporations ready to use #prisonlabor for profit margins. What could possibly go wrong!
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/what-trumps-victory-means-private-prison-industry

US #SupremeCourt to review GEO Group's loss in immigrant detainee *#ForcedLabor* [#slavery] case

#SCOTUS on June 2 agreed to decide if #GEOGroup can quickly appeal a judge's ruling denying the #PrivatePrison operator #government #IMMUNITY in a class action claiming #immigrant detainees were forced to work & paid $1 a day.

#immigration #law #CivilRights #HumanRights #exploitation #PenalLabor #PrisonLabor
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-review-geo-groups-loss-immigrant-detainee-forced-labor-case-2025-06-02/

Happy #mayday !! I’ve been working on this assortment of images as part of my #draweveryday efforts, for the SF Bay Area #iww chapter. #sabocats reject the bullshit that is killing us all! #sabotage now! Reach out to your local #industrialworkersoftheworld chapter today and #organize ! Now is the time! #fightfascism #oligarchy #union #unionbusting #cat #blackcat #billionaires #fascism #amazon #prisonlabor

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Today In Labor History April 8, 1864: The 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, banning chattel slavery. However, it permitted a continuation of wage slavery and the forced labor of convicts without pay. And on this date in 1911, 128 convict miners, mostly African-Americans jailed for minor offenses, were killed by a massive explosion at the Banner coalmine near Birmingham, Alabama. While the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which occurred just two weeks earlier, elicited massive public attention and support for the plight of immigrant women working in sweatshop conditions, the Banner explosion garnered almost no public sympathy, probably due to racism and the fact that they were prisoners.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #prison #prisonlabor #racism #coal #mine #immigrants #prisoner #slavelabor #slavery #workplacesafety #alabama #BlackMastadon #triangleshirtwaist #fire #explosion

#Broligarchs want to do the same things on both planets #Earth and #Mars, except that on earth, they want to use #prisonLabor or #slaveLabor instead of microbes — Small difference!

"Using digital blueprints, a computational biologist explains how #microbes could #colonize space, produce #drugs, and generate #energy—highlighting how these models could shape the future of #biotechnology, #medicine, and #space exploration."

#genomics

https://theconversation.com/microbes-can-colonize-space-produce-drugs-and-create-energy-researchers-are-simulating-their-inner-workings-to-harness-how-241131

The Last Wildfire-Fighting Camp for Incarcerated Teens in California | Teen Vogue

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/wildfire-camp-incarcerated-teens

"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”

#PrisonLabor