Unions' preservation of jobs in logging, for instance, have rammed up against the goals of the environmental movement. As with the environmental movement, labor must understand that it too will benefit by making personal assistance services the dominant long term care model in the nation. Promoting social justice for workers means joining the struggle for living wages and health care. Promoting social justice for people with disabilities means advancing real choice to live where one wants, rather than condoning the current system which commodifies disablement for profits,perpetuating institutions to warehouse undervalued members of our society. Corporate managers and owners reap 6-digit salaries.
Workers get little more than the minimum wage.
Money that would go to profits is freed to be used to raise wages and provide benefits. Electronic brokers on Wall Street count that bed as an asset to a companies' net worth.