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Free labor : workfare and the contested language of neoliberalism /
One of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani?s proudest accomplishments is his expansion of the Work Experience Program, which uses welfare recipients to do routine work once done by unionized city workers. The fact that WEP workers are denied the legal status of employees and make far less mo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | One of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani?s proudest accomplishments is his expansion of the Work Experience Program, which uses welfare recipients to do routine work once done by unionized city workers. The fact that WEP workers are denied the legal status of employees and make far less money and enjoy fewer rights than do city workers has sparked fierce opposition. For antipoverty activists, legal advocates, unions, and other critics of the program this double standard begs a troubling question: are workfare participants workers or welfare recipients?. At times the fight over workfa. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 333 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-310) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226453675 0226453677 1281957321 9781281957320 9786611957322 6611957324 |