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Slave labor in the US is an $11 billion industry - how exciting. From the list: - McDonald's uniforms are produced by legalized slave labor ("involuntary labo

Slave labor in the US is an $11 billion industry - how exciting. From the list: - McDonald's uniforms are produced by legalized slave labor ("involuntary laborers" if you prefer) in Oregon - Microsoft product packaging is produced by slave labor - Victoria's Secret used slave labor to replace "Made in Honduras" tags with "Made in USA" stickers. They retaliated against inmates resulting in them put into solitary confinement for whistleblowing. - Car parts from manufacturers such as GM and Honda - "American retailers JC Penny and K-Mart have both been known to utilize prison labor from private prisons in Tennessee. In Oregon, a company known as Prison Blues proudly boasts that 80% of their incarcerated workers' wages are withheld." - Microsoft uses slaves for customer support call centers - Official baseball caps - Police armor and shooting targets - "Cage free" eggs by Arizona's largest egg producer - Whole Foods relies on slave-produced tilapia - IBM, Dell, Intel and others rely on slave labor for chip production

appplication 3y ago
There is some rather twisted irony in involuntary prison labor being used to produce cage free eggs.
- wahnfrieden 3y ago
  Goes to show how impotent conscientious consumerism can be
drexlspivey 3y ago
Is “slave labor” in your post a euphemism for low paid work? Or how exactly is Microsoft or any other using slaves? Slave: a person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property; an enslaved person.
- wahnfrieden 3y ago
  No, it's not a euphemism for low pay work. As the article describes, many of the laborers are forced to work and many are unpaid. They are punished with violence if they do not work: solitary confinement and parole rejection. It's supported by the 13th amendment, which uses the same language ("slavery" being legal punishment for criminals): "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."

appplication 3y ago

There is some rather twisted irony in involuntary prison labor being used to produce cage free eggs.

wahnfrieden 3y ago
Goes to show how impotent conscientious consumerism can be

drexlspivey 3y ago

Is “slave labor” in your post a euphemism for low paid work? Or how exactly is Microsoft or any other using slaves? Slave: a person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property; an enslaved person.

wahnfrieden 3y ago
No, it's not a euphemism for low pay work. As the article describes, many of the laborers are forced to work and many are unpaid. They are punished with violence if they do not work: solitary confinement and parole rejection. It's supported by the 13th amendment, which uses the same language ("slavery" being legal punishment for criminals): "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."