BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Is slavery back in Alabama? Adam Obernauer, organizing director for the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union—one of five organizations, including the AFL-CIO, now suing to stop it—says “yes.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1462704

We are not talking about the "New Jim Crow."

We're talking about the old one.

  • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Keep in mind that that is partly after the fact; not entirely during the post- period of the bill passing.

    But I don't doubt that it still goes on, even if it has a hurdle to it.

    Keep in mind that while the legislation is a victory in its own right (showing which way the working-class is becoming aware and swinging in a certain direction) it will not be thing that signals the death knell to modern-day slavery.