The Hyundai plant in Montgomery, Alabama. A recent report says the use of prison labor by Hyundai suppliers may be holding down wages for other auto workers. (Courtesy Jobs to Move America)
Mark Miller worked a dangerous job for more than four decades, but he said he’d never gotten hurt at work until his employment with an automotive supplier in Montgomery.
In two years with the company, he broke his hand and four ribs in two separate accidents. Miller said he received no safety training before being charged with running production lines for vehicle consoles and dash components, and employees were constantly dodging forklifts whizzing by at full speed, carrying parts from trucks to assembly lines…