Metro Disposal Fires Sanitation Workers, Uses Prison Labor, as the City is Silent
May 13, 2020
Last week, Big Easy Magazine reported on the sanitation truck workers on strike in Gentilly, protesting their abysmal pay and safety conditions. Four days ago, WWLTV reported that all of the striking workers were fired. Now, according to Payday Report, a Chattanooga-based cooperative, the workers were replaced by “transitional labor” – namely, incarcerated workers who […]
