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Prison labor is big business in the United States. According to a 2022 ACLU report, Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers, incarcerated workers save prisons more than $9 billion a year in operational costs and earn them more than $2 billion in sales of goods and services, while the prisoners make pennies per hour. They have no say over what types of work they perform or how they’re compensated for that labor, and a survey by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that 76% of the nation’s roughly 800,000 incarcerated workers are unable to refuse to work without punishment or retaliation. 

Lawsuit: Alabama Is Denying Prisoners Parole to Lease Their Labor to Meatpackers, McDonalds

No parole if you’re still profitable.

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Heba Zagout, We Will Not Forget You

Art by Aya Ghanameh. Click here for more.

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Free Palestine.

Art by Peter Kuper. See more here.

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The Fascist Movement’s Biggest Threat: Labor Unions?

An interview with Paul Ortiz on how unions have fought Gov. Ron Desantis’ reactionary rule—and unions as an anti-fascist force.

Can unions form a united front against the Right?

Bill Fletcher Jr. spoke with Paul Ortiz on the Florida Education Association's fight against DeSantis' fascist movement.

If Democrats won't fight the right, unions will.

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CEASEFIRE NOW.

“The working person's struggle in this country is the working person's struggle in Palestine.” —Zohran K Mamdani

Coming off their historic strike, the UAW has joined the call for a cease-fire. It’s a major sea change for the labor movement—and the fight for peace and justice in Palestine and Israel.

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The UAW has just joined the call for a cease-fire.

This is a BIG FUCKING DEAL.

It marks a huge break from a history of unions in complicity with Israel even against the demands of their own membership. Coming off its historic strike, taking this public and unapologetic stance makes it much harder for Biden to continue with his complicitiy and marks a profound shift in the relationship between the labor movement and movements for Palestinian rights.

“Unions know better than anyone what solidarity means. That’s why they’re increasingly refusing to stay silent in the face of this horrendous genocide our government is backing in Gaza,” said one labor activist.

UAW Endorses Cease-Fire, the Largest U.S. Union to Call for an Immediate End to the Violence

The announcement at a news conference where protesters have been on a hunger strike outside of the White House marks a major development for