The transition made by of hundreds of people who ve moved from welfare to work as part of corporate programs to hire people on assistance . New California laws link food stamps to work . Browse the NewsHour's index of Welfare stories . Outside Links Rev. Sirico's New York Times editorial defending workfare.
Labor unions critique the effects of workfare on employment opportunities.
It's true that in some programs people are not paid in the form of wages. But they are paid in the form of benefits, specifically the welfare benefits to which the work requirement is tied. The key to slavery is that you have no other choice. That is not true with workfare. The person in the program always has the option to drop both benefits and work at any time.