A 21st-Century Form of Indentured Servitude Has Already Penetrated Deep into the American Heartland

[LiberalArkie]

Indentured servitude is back in a big way in the United States, and conservative corporatists want to make sure that labor never, ever again has the power to tell big business how to treat them.

Idaho, for example, recently passed a law that recognizes and rigorously enforces non-compete agreements in employment contracts, which means that if you want to move to a different, more highly paid, or better job, you can instead get wiped out financially by lawsuits and legal costs.

In a way, conservative/corporatists are just completing the circle back to the founding of this country.

Indentured servitude began in a big way in the early 1600s, when the British East India Company was establishing a beachhead in the (newly stolen from the Indians) state of Virginia (named after the “virgin queen” Elizabeth I, who signed the charter of the BEIC creating the first modern corporation in 1601). Jamestown (named after King James, who followed Elizabeth I to the crown) wanted free labor, and the African slave trade wouldn’t start to crank up for another decade.

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http://www.alternet.org/labor/indentured-servitude-returns-america

[BSdetect]

1. They want workers to bid for employment on a near daily basis for jobs.

Lowest bid wins.

[LiberalArkie]

2. The Scots and the English were the first slaves in North America.

Now they are mostly Hispanic.