Executive Council Statement
Welfare and Workers Rights
… impact on all workers, no matter what job they do or where they live. While the new law requires that states place up to a million welfare recipients in "work activities" in 1997, it doesn't say how enough new jobs will be created to absorb this astounding number of people into … workfare participants had been entitled to under the old law, including minimum wage, health and safety coverage, the right to join a union, and protection against discrimination. All workers deserve the full protection of the law. We in …