They super-exploit prisoners in jobs formerly done by union workers.
Welfare reform is nothing but a scheme to boost corporate profits by forcing wages down.
They demand cuts to get government off our backs, but are quick to call in their government judges and cops for injunctions against strikers. These rich executives not only buy off judges and hire scabs, but also own the media that helps to break our unions and community struggles. All these corporate union-busting practices displace workers and undercut gains unions had won over generations of struggles. Now Clinton, Congress, the Pentagon and corporations are calling a summit in Philadelphia on April 27 to boost voluntarism, another way to displace workers and further lower living standards. Volunteers do many wonderful and necessary services in this country.