Activist Attorney Sues Over Slave Labor PracticesLynda Carsonbyline‚ Apr. 03‚ 2007In late March, Tony Serra — San Francisco's well known and respected criminal defense attorney — filed suit against the federal government over slave labor practices. Just out of California's Lompoc prison after serving 10 months for his years-long tax boycott, the celebrated attorney filed suit in an attempt to force the federal government to pay its prisoners a fair wage compensation for the work being done by prison inmates. At the least, Serra believes that inmates should earn minimum wage for the work they do in prison — and that unions should be allowed to organize and represent the inmates for collective bargaining to negotiate better wages and conditions for workers. |