Instead of raising wages and employee benefits, meat industry of UK plans to use prisoners

austin101123 · 2021-08-24T02:48:40+00:00

The industry body said its members were "trying absolutely every avenue" to recruit workers.

You pay enough and provide good enough working life, you get the workers. When the industry body says this, they mean they are trying everything they can to keep wages low. These prisoners now are going to be pushed into, and maybe only able to get, this job that's so bad it can't find enough workers.

Gah I should've said working conditions in the title, not employee benefits which is kind of redundant.

Oncefa2 · 2021-08-24T03:12:33+00:00

Conditions in some of these meat factories are terrible. They have a really high turnover rate, to the point that they're already looking for your replacement before you've even started your first day on the job. Workers are often trucked in hours away from "undesirable" neighborhoods where people can't find any other jobs.

It's common to by covered in blood and feces and I can imagine the psychological tole of slaughtering these animals is pretty high as well.

I don't know what the solution is, but this isn't it.

LokisDawn · 2021-08-24T09:06:27+00:00

There's an ocean of distance between recruiting prisoners (even if ostensibly voluntary, it's very coercive) and recruiting ex-prisoners. The former is potentially incredibly abusive, the latter I can kinda get behind (as long as those ex-convicts aren't made to work under untenable circumstances by abusing the fact that they can't easily get hired anywhere else).

KarmicComedian · 2021-08-24T23:58:42+00:00

meat industry of UK plans to use prisoners

i absolutely skipped the first bit and was really scared for a moment.

Carkudo · 2021-08-24T04:02:55+00:00

Damn man, I've tried everything to secure clients for my business since covid hit. Ended up closing up shop but maybe I should've petitioned the government to force some prisoners to pay my instead.

revente · 2021-08-24T06:25:03+00:00

What does it have to do with male advocacy?

Frankly while it isn’t the best news for regular workers, it’s a good news for inmates who can stay productive while serving their sentences.(as long as they aren’t forced)

Title	Instead of raising wages and employee benefits, meat industry of UK plans to use prisoners
Author	austin101123
Upvotes	143
Comments	20
Date	August 24, 2021 2:44 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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