In the second segment of this week’s “Marc Steiner Show,” we talk to some of the student organizers who are leading the grassroots effort to force the University of Florida to unequivocally end its use of unpaid prison labor. For this segment, Marc is joined by University of Florida undergraduates Jerry Jerome and Ava Kaplan (who is also a member of Dream Defenders), as well as Will Boose, a UF alumnus and member of the Coalition to Abolish Prison Slavery.
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Why would any company hire anyone, when they could get cheap labor in prison? The very source of unemployment in America is right there
I do believe din them working absolutely but they should dang sure get paid for it to n
Buy their personal items and stuff it’s absolutely not right to not pay the,m maybe not minimum wage or something really but atbleastpaisESPECIALLY IF THE BSSTRDS ARE GOING TO CHARGE THEM TRIPLE FOR THE STUFF THEY SELL TO THE, IIN CANTEENA
A US university uses slave labor. Let that sink in. Where are the MAGAts to storm the administration offices?
that's awesome! but doesn't private prisons keep pressure off of tax payers from paying criminals room and board. does anybody know the #s for fund a 1 supermax prison?
Youre audience is uncouthe
black sabbath- war pigs
My God…
The stupidity and ignorance in this video is off the scale.
Those misguided students playing pretend in college will do less than nothing to end the prison industrial complex and it's sad outlets like Real News Network are stringing them along.
It's almost as if deep down, they really don't want to solve this problem. Just keep milking it for political gain.
Now.
I'm going to be generous and offer a real PRACTICAL SOLUTION for this issue.
You see, The real problem has and always been
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CHEAP LABOR!
Yes!
The availability of cheap, pennies per day, exploitable labor.
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What should happen instead is…
First off.
Force state and federal legislation to pay the full minimum wage for each prison worker including overtime and benefits.
Secondly.
Demand mass machine automation and artificial intelligence in the workplace.
Encourage mass mechanization of the workforce.
Finally.
What will ultimately result is.
Prison labor will become so expensive, so cost prohibitive.
Companies will no longer have an incentive to contract out work through the prison system.
Also.
With mass machine automation in the workplace.
Labor costs will be contained to the point where it will become a nonissue.
Especially when automated systems and labor saving devices are streamlined to the point where it's cheaper and far more efficient than employing prison inmates for pennies on a daily basis.
Companies across the country will happily abandon prison labor as the cost of machine labor rapidly drops each passing year. The savings and convenience alone will see to that.
There you go.
Here's your real practical solution.
Basically, eliminate cheap human labor. Which has and always been a cancer on society that has stagnated technological improvements for far too long now.
Anything less is magical thinking.
Your welcome.
Modern day slavery is enshrined in the American constitution. Look it up.
I commend the students for taking a brave stance against modern day slavery.
What are the 5 words no one in the Black Community has ever had the opportunity to say? “Thanks for the warning, Officer!â€
Let me get this straight…. prisoner's have free room, food, gym, healthcare, entertainment, education and laundry, and some entitled people feel that prisoner's shouldn't have to work for all theses free things. Something is screwed up here.
I’m a Gator alum. These three students and the other Gators fighting for change make me proud to be a Florida Gator. I’m looking forward to joining them and getting the word out to other alumni who can increase pressure
Perfection is when all citizens of the USA are slave labor. There Is No Alternative. If the USA wishes to be competitive, we must enslave all citizens and buy, sell, and trade them in a FREE market of chattel property. There is NO other option if we wish for our country to survive. By collateralizing human capital we will provide the conditions necessary for economic prosperity for the slave owners. You will NOT have any choice in this matter. It MUST happen, and it will. Thankfully, we have Joe Biden to usher in this PERFECT world.
NOW THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!!! THIS HOW WE DO IT!!!
McDonald's uses prison labor to make uniforms. Boycott! Jam up drive throughs,, refuse to wear your uniform at McDonald's.
That is a great example of how to effect and affect real change!!!
Good stuff MarcðŸ‘ðŸ¾
The young blackman is no doubt correct…in his personal awareness of the system leveled against him…The industry needs bodies though.. many poor Hispanics, whites, reds, poor in general are targeted and enslaved as well…it is a growth industry
12 cents an hour federal prison
GO GATORS!
Good luck guysðŸ‘