Freeman’s Challenge; The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit by Robin Bernstein and The KC Campaign to End Gender Violence in the Workplace

In Auburn New York in 1840 William Freeman, an imprisoned Black teenager, demanded pay for forced labor, l leading to violence. We’ll talk to author Robin Bernstein about the first for-profit prison and a murder. Then last month Heartland Women in Trades, the Department of Labor Women’s Bureau and the Kansas City Human Rights Commission came together to advocate against gender-based violence in the workplace to make work safe for women in the trades. Our feature is Safety First with Mary Erio.  


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