From Workday Magazine: On December 11, a coalition of formerly incarcerated workers and Minnesota unions gathered at the United Labor Center in Minneapolis to demand Anagram International, LLC, a Minnesota-based balloon manufacturer and subcontractor for Disney, increase pay for incarcerated workers to the state’s minimum wage.

Last week, previously incarcerated workers, labor unions, and community allies called on one of the worlds biggest brands to help end slavery in Minnesota. What’s it like folding balloons for Anagram? Hear from three people who got paid as little as 25¢ per hour while incarcerated at Faribault, Stillwater and Shakopee prisons.  

From the Orlando Weekly: Advocates with the Minnesota Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee and Central Florida Jobs with Justice joined forces outside Disney World Tuesday to voice their concerns. Dontania “Nina” Petrie, 35, told Orlando Weekly that, while incarcerated herself, she was directed to fold 300 to 500 hundred Anagram-branded balloons per hour for an hourly wage of just 50 cents. 

The Star Tribune published a piece that suggested prison slave labor is a "murky" issue. Derrick Dukes, a leader in the End Slavery campaign, responded powerfully in a commentary published in October 2025.

Thanks to KARE 11 for their recent story, "Push to raise wages for incarcerated workers in Minnesota." As Max Graves from the End Slavery campaign emphasized: "When you steal prison labor, you steal from families."