I believe the volunteer movement has no quarrel whatsoever with people wanting and needing money in return for their work. High unemployment rates are bad for everyone, including volunteerism. I am skeptical about money in its use as a primary measure of the intrinsic value of work. If you earn no money at all in return for your work, the work devaluation consequences can be disastrous. A muted counterpoint remains.
Voices still ask where pride in work has gone.
They are still there. We need to underline this alliance of the spirit between all the people who do more than they have to because they want to, whether expressed as pride in paid work or in volunteering. Volunteering is the work model which goes furthest in removing immediate money as a yardstick of intrinsic work value. This is the ideal. There are also staff or other gatekeepers who block volunteers from more meaningful work.