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Did You Know We Are Having the Largest Prison Strike in History?

Updated On: Sep 19, 2016

Sept. 19, 2016 | HUMAN RIGHTS | Thousands of prisoners in over 24 states began a labor strike on September 9, the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, to demand better conditions and healthcare, the right to unionize and what one organizing group calls an "end to slavery in America." But one would hardly know it watching major U.S. media, which has mostly ignored the largest prison labor strike in history… One possible reason is that some of corporate media's biggest advertisers use prison labor… alternet.org