“Sometimes they say it’s illegal [for prisoners to unionize], but it’s not. It’s just frowned upon. But it works.”

New today from Michelle Pitcher: Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay. https://www.texasobserver.org/solidarity-prison-labor-union/

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Prison Laborers Want a Seat at the Table, Even If They’re Shackled to the Chair

^{Michelle Pitcher (The Texas Observer)}