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Beyond the Bars
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Beyond the Bars
@beyondbars_mia
We are workers with records transforming the industries that rely on our labor and opening pathways into industries we've long been excluded from.
Miami, Florida Katılım Aralık 2020
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Building Bridges and Erasing Jail Debt: Katherine Passley - In These Times by @GrimKim inthesetimes.com/article/labor-…
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For formerly incarcerated people with work requirements, "the carceral system and the temp industry reinforce one another, forming a closed circuit where punishment and profit blur." Maya Ragsdale, co-exec. director of @beyondbars_mia on the "temp trap" inquest.org/i-was-just-a-b…
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"Decarceral and labor organizing are inseparable." —Maya Ragsdale of @beyondbars_mia on how the temp labor market exploits formerly incarcerated people, to the detriment of all workers. inquest.org/i-was-just-a-b…
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Florida lawmakers unanimously advanced a bill Wednesday that would expand protections for temp workers after hearing public testimony from workers organized with @beyondbars_mia orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-l…
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This came after a group of worker-advocates with @beyondbars_mia publicly testified in support of the bill, sharing how additional protections for Florida's temp workers (many of whom are formerly incarcerated folks w/ few other job opportunities) would benefit society at large.
McKenna Schueler@SheCarriesOn
Stunned. A panel of Republicans & Democrats in the Florida Legislature today unanimously advanced a bill (SB 1112) that would expand opportunities for temp workers and establish certain accountability measures to help prevent bad actors in the industry from exploiting them.
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Temps and the carceral system aren’t just “issues”—they’re the levers capital uses to keep workers divided and powerless. Fixing one without fighting the other won’t build real labor power. #LaborPower #WorkersUnite
Beyond the Bars@beyondbars_mia
If we want a stronger labor movement, we can’t ignore the temp industry or the role the carceral system plays in disciplining the workforce. In @labornotes, we lay out strategies we can use to raise temp standards + move workers into union jobs: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/12/…
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Happy 5th birthday to @beyondbars_mia an incredible organization fighting against mass incarceration and building economic power for workers with records. We must fight for unions for all workers, including temp workers.
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Workers coming home from prison and jail keep the economy running, often as forever-temps. That temp trap hurts them and drags down union standards. In @labornotes, we share what we can do about it.
Labor Notes@labornotes
Workers returning from prison and jail load trucks, stock shelves, fix roads, prepare food, and build cities... usually as forever-temps. The "temp trap" is bad for them, and bad for union standards. Unions are starting to do something about it. labornotes.org/blogs/2025/12/…
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If we want a stronger labor movement, we can’t ignore the temp industry or the role the carceral system plays in disciplining the workforce. In @labornotes, we lay out strategies we can use to raise temp standards + move workers into union jobs:
labornotes.org/blogs/2025/12/…
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“Bring temp workers into the union so they can’t be used against the union.”
Our Co-ED, Kat, said it best.
Interview below ⬇️
The Real News@TheRealNews
“Historically, temp workers and prison labor… [have] been used to bust union strikes,” Katherine Passley of @beyondbars_mia says. “Well, what would it look like if we were to bring those people into the union so that they can’t bust these union efforts?” therealnews.com/prisons-and-te…
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Thank you @WorthRises for sharing. Honored to be in this work together.
Worth Rises@WorthRises
Excellent new report from @beyondbars_mia exposes how temp agencies have become the default and often only employers for millions of folks with criminal records, and lays out a roadmap for organizing workers with records to win dignified work. Read it: Bit.ly/TheTempTrap
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Thanks for sharing!
ACRE@ACREcampaigns
A new report from @beyondbars_mia exposes how temp agencies have become the default and often only employers for millions of folks with criminal records, and lays out a roadmap for organizing workers with records to win dignified work. Read it: Bit.ly/TheTempTrap
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@WorthRises has been a critical partner in fighting back against carceral labor through the campaign to #EndTheException. Appreciate you all lifting up The Temp Trap. ✊🏾💜
Worth Rises@WorthRises
Excellent new report from @beyondbars_mia exposes how temp agencies have become the default and often only employers for millions of folks with criminal records, and lays out a roadmap for organizing workers with records to win dignified work. Read it: Bit.ly/TheTempTrap
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But workers are organizing back
The Temp Trap lays out a blueprint for:
✊🏾Organizing across job sites
🤝Campaigns between worker& decarceral orgs
💥Pressure on private actors like insurance companies to stop subsidizing exploitation
Read the full report: bit.ly/TheTempTrap
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NEW REPORT—The Temp Trap: A Blueprint for Organizing Workers with Records in the Temp Industry
Across Florida & the South, temp agencies are the default employer for people w/ records—building a low-wage underclass hidden behind “I-9 verified” labor
Read: bit.ly/TheTempTrap
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