(AP) — California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in any ... advocates who ...
By performing hard labor, the theory went, prisoners would, as one historian describes, submit “to the hard, Christian labor ...
For the first time, California voters weighed in on a measure to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude for prisoners, ...
California voters have ... an initiative that would have banned forced prison labor. Opponents and economists said that by striking down the proposed minimum-wage increase, voters signaled that ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in any form. The constitution currently bans it except as punishment for crime.
The rejection was “a pretty poignant sign of the times in a state like California ... banned forced prison labor. Opponents and economists said that by striking down the proposed minimum ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters reject proposed ban on forced prison labor. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a question that you wish someone would answer?