Arbeitslosenselbsthilfe O l d e n b u r g
Kaiserstr. 19
D-26122 Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
Absender : lanfran@YORKU.CA (Sam Lanfranco) Org.-Empf. : LABOR-L@YORKU.CA Weiterleiter owner-labor-l@YORKU.CA Antwort an : LABOR-L@YORKU.CA Betreff : US Workfare Story Datum : So 16.08.98, 11:51 (erhalten: 16.08.98) Groesse : 1575 Bytes ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Here is a clip from CLICK4HP@yorku.ca - a health promotion list I co-manage. It gives one an idea of where these things can go. It is not an exception under US practice.
Sam Lanfranco
---------- from CLICK4HP ------------ Many advocates are struggling with the issue of the affects on children of the currents welfare reforms, I noticed this from an Ohio advocate yesterday:
"I spoke with Mary today at work. She is the mother who was forced to quit breast feeding her 2 month old baby because she was forced to work workfare hours. She told me that she had to take her daughter to the emergency room shortly after she quit nursing her. Even though her daughter had never had any problems before she developed constricted intestines due to the drastic change in her diet. How can these morons get away with this. She is ready to fight this on any level we can find. I would love to see this one get to the national press! People need to be made aware that this kind of child abuse is being inflicted by the State of Ohio! This mother isn't required to work under federal law. This is strictly a state decision!! This woman even asked if she could work 5 days a week 4 hours a day so that she could continue to nurse her baby and was told that she would have to work two full 8 hour days and a 4 hour day. They refused to accommodate a nursing mother of a two month old child and inflicted medical harm on that child!"
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