California is moving to pay incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage of $7.25 during active fires, a policy change that follows years of advocacy to improve pay and working conditions for incarcerated labor.
Best I can do is minimum wage for grueling, dangerous work.
Uh… they’re still people. They like doing good rewarding things and they like learning real skills.
In this case they aren’t ever in neighborhoods spraying down homes. These are the guys in hills cutting fire breaks to stop the fires from ever reaching homes.
None of these fire fighters are forced. Its a job that they earn privileges for doing. They’re probably not as gung-ho about it as someone who’s made a career of it but they aren’t slaves like you’re imagining.
Uh… they’re still people. They like doing good rewarding things and they like learning real skills.
In this case they aren’t ever in neighborhoods spraying down homes. These are the guys in hills cutting fire breaks to stop the fires from ever reaching homes.
None of these fire fighters are forced. Its a job that they earn privileges for doing. They’re probably not as gung-ho about it as someone who’s made a career of it but they aren’t slaves like you’re imagining.