By Larry Holmes and Shelley Ettinger
This informative book describes the efforts of people on Public Assistance who were suddenly forced to take workfare assignments in order to receive any benefits.
Workfare workers are being used all over the U.S. and in other countries to bust unions and to give corporations mega-profits from forced labor.
She gets her kids off to school, then heads to work—but she doesn't get a paycheck.
He was forced to work for his benefits of $68 every two weeks—but he wasn't allowed to wear jeans on the job.
She was expected to work on Wall Street—FOR FREE.
These workers want jobs, real jobs. Most of all they want a union. They want to join forces with the labor movement, not be used as a tool of the union busters. That's why they formed Workfairness. Here is their story.
International Action Center, Larry Holmes and Shelley Ettinger, 1997, ISDN 0-9656916-1-6, 100 p.p., Incl. Photos and Sample Press Releases.
She gets her kids off to school, then heads to work--but she doesn't get a paycheck.
He was forced to work for his benefits of $68 every two weeks-- but he wasn't allowed to wear jeans on the job.
She was expected to work on Wall Street--FOR FREE.
These workers want jobs, real jobs. Most of all they want a union. They want to join forces with the labor movement, not be used as a tool of the union busters. That's why they formed Workfairness. Here is their story.
List price is $11.95, at leftbooks.com it's 15% off, only $10.
International Action Center, Larry Holmes and Shelley Ettinger, 1997, ISDN 0-9656916-1-6, 100 p.p., Incl. Photos and Sample Press Releases.
Price: $ 10.
