On Tue, 29 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ....In the Times today, they note that part of the entire package > just passed is payment of minimum wage for workfare recipients. Not that > minimum wage is any panacea, but at least it isn't LESS than minimum. maggie > coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] The package can only be helpful. But unfortuanately, in NYC, minimum wage for workfare workers _is_ far less than minimum. The average participant receives about $137 per month in cash, $108 in food stamps, and $215 in rental subsidies paid directly to the landlord. The city claims to create a workweek long enough so that the workers receive minumum wage, but they include all the benefits in calculating that wage. If you include only the cash income, then the effective wage is actually about $1.50/hr. In strudel, Tavis
