this is a factor, but there is a significant non-incarcerated manufacturing base in US. 8.5% of the workforce (15 million) is in manufacturing, 800,000 of these are imprisoned
Yeah, I got a feeling many of those are undocumented 16 year old kids or the like though. So I if it actually came to it most that kinda slave labor wouldn’t be reliable.
yeah ig thats prob a factor but i work in a factory and its mostly middle aged/old men. slaughterhouses are famous for using child/undocumented labor but thats not manufacturing. there was a Toyota parts plant that got busted for child labor but i think thats kind of rare bc manufacturing in the US is one of the few industries that actually has regular inspections from OSHA, EPA, EHSS, etc.
We make more than you think. But way way less than we used to
Prision labor go brrr
this is a factor, but there is a significant non-incarcerated manufacturing base in US. 8.5% of the workforce (15 million) is in manufacturing, 800,000 of these are imprisoned
Yeah, I got a feeling many of those are undocumented 16 year old kids or the like though. So I if it actually came to it most that kinda slave labor wouldn’t be reliable.
yeah ig thats prob a factor but i work in a factory and its mostly middle aged/old men. slaughterhouses are famous for using child/undocumented labor but thats not manufacturing. there was a Toyota parts plant that got busted for child labor but i think thats kind of rare bc manufacturing in the US is one of the few industries that actually has regular inspections from OSHA, EPA, EHSS, etc.