Peavey Prison Labour
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TJontheRoad
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Nothing to do with Peavey... I remember I visited Meridian, MS on a business trip back in the '90s. I was weirded out by the place and couldn't wait to go home.
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Watch Undercover Boss Season 6 Episode 12: Peavey Electronics - Full show on CBS
Courtland Gray, COO of Peavey Electronics, goes undercover to see what keeps his audio empire rocking. Also, the company makes a shocking announcement after filming the episode that changes two employees' lives.
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Frodebro
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Hartley Peavey was very vocal about the dangers of outsourcing production years ago, but the industry shifted to cheap garbage and Peavey had to follow suit to stay afloat in the market.
laxu
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Sounds like the classic "bring an outside business manager in, have them gut the company to either move production abroad or sell it, then people blame the new manager and not the owners."
the-trooper
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Nothing overly controversial about this. Penal labour is used all around the word, not just USA, for various industries.
We my not gaze romantically on amp that was partially built by prisoners, but it is what it is. For all we know some of the clothes we have on us right now was made by prisoners.
We my not gaze romantically on amp that was partially built by prisoners, but it is what it is. For all we know some of the clothes we have on us right now was made by prisoners.
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I mean... it is pretty controversial if our entire economic system all across the is based upon penal labour in order to deliver cheap clothes and electronics to a mass market who is completely ignorant of the production chain of their much needed items, and who simultaneously drive prices and quality further down because they want a price point that doesn't hurt their wallet, thus causing a demand for companies to enact cost-saving policies like this, which causes a demand for prisoners in the first place.... and thus you get someone who smoked a joint one time and got caught, ended up stuck in prison building amps for forumers to whinge about because it has flubby gain.
... I mean... I'm sure there's something to this.
the-trooper
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Not entire.
Wouldn't know about this one, over here in Europe we don't have private prisons, I've read about how that's pretty fucked up in USA.
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I’m always amazed at those who think the state does a better job … lol
Even in a government run institutions, where they have your ass 24 x 7 x 365, you’re at real risk of being raped, injured and/or killed. Daily.
Nobody in the USA is in prison for smoking a joint. It takes a lot to get your ass in to prison.
Honestly, if I was in prison… id be grateful for a flippin job. Music related? All day.
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We have a self preservation conflict of interest vs what we should be doing in prisons in our country by privatizing the system. If your business model is to build prisons and keep them full so you can make a profit, then you probably don't offer a lot of rehabilitation. Unfortunately it's like that in a lot of private industries making a profit on what use to be government owned or not-for-profit businesses.
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Nowadays. There’s actually a pretty egregious history of PIC in the Southern U.S.A. up until the late 1960’s.
