During FY 1994-95, workfare workers provided the city with over 73,000 hours per month of cheap labor. These workfare workers are often required to perform the same tasks as other city employees, but workfare workers receive a fraction of the wages, no protections and no benefits. Currently, workfare workers are sweeping the streets, removing graffiti from Muni buses, doing laundry at General Hospital among other jobs.
Workfare conditions are like slavery.
If they are ten minutes late, they lose their benefits for 30 days. Workfare workers receive NO days off, NO sick days and NO vacation days. The city does not allow Workfare workers to refer to their time doing workfare as experience when applying for jobs.