War against labor. Welfare reform is a slogan.
Poverty is a fact.
For those who supported the 1996 welfare reform, it is time to make good on the promise of a better life for those who leave the welfare rolls. In some professional occupations, African-American men have an earnings gap as large as 28 cents to the dollar less than their white male counterparts, according to new research from the University of Wisconsin. They contend that labor and environmental standards have no place in trade agreements, and that they only inhibit commerce.