Re: FW Instead of workfare

1998-08-25 Thread Durant
Recently looking at job-advertisements I was amazed to see the number of (managerial, well paid) jobs in the voluntary sector while the volunteers ofcourse get some miserly expenses at best. If these jobs need to be doing, why can't they be done for decent money? If there is enough money for

Re: FW Instead of workfare

1998-08-23 Thread Ed Weick
I'd be interested in commentsto this list on an idea that some of us feel would be far better than the coercive and punitive Ontario Works Program. It's very simple: find people on assistance who *want* to work and/or train. Then help them find volunteer work positions (and provide 'work

FW Instead of workfare

1998-08-21 Thread S. Lerner
I've sent the message below to a list that monitors Ontario Works (a workfare program). Comments from FWers would also be welcome.Sally To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "S. Lerner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Making work available Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: I'd be interested in commentsto this list