SOCIOL 63 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-36: The Power Elite, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Prison Litigation Reform Act
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Because of the command and control institutions they had to open up for women and people of color if they were to maintain political legitimacy. The substitution of workfare for welfare allows capital to replace unionized public sector jobs wit below min wage workers. If they do(cid:374)"t fi(cid:374)d a jo(cid:271) after 2 (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths of re(cid:272)ei(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)elfare the(cid:374) they are for(cid:272)ed into workfare ( selected vocational training and of that sort) If they have a drug felony then they will permanently be taken away of this benefit: this with no kids. Only 3 months of food stamps in a 3 year period: weakly wages of . 5 and in food stamps in 1996. The main purpose of the law is to force welfare recipients into an extremely low- wage labor market without concern for the needs of children. Undermines union scale wages and creates an ultra-cheap, super exploited workforce without the basic protections that ordinary workers have.
