Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor Highlight

Meanwhile, prison labor generates an estimated $1 billion per year. Federal Prison Industries, also known as UNICOR, is a government-owned prison labor program that has begun marketing its incarcerated workers’ services to companies who want to avoid the costs associated with outsourcing their business and flaunt a “Made in America” label while paying next to nothing for slave labor right here at home. Under current federal law, all “physically able” prisoners who are judged not to be a security risk or have a health exception are required to work, either for UNICOR or at some other prison job, like food service or maintenance.