| Despite the threat workfare poses to public-sector unions, Williams says the labor movement has been sluggish in responding to the issue. |
| Welfare recipients are to face new coercive measures to force them into workfare or to accept cheap labor jobs. |
| If workfare replaces welfare, wages will become more flexible enabling EU labor markets to absorb immigrants more efficiently. |
| The key element in the Harris governments reforms was a mandatory workfare program for employable individuals. |
| Furthermore, forcing welfare recipients onto workfare has forced many young people to drop out of school or training programs. |
| In functional terms, workfare naturalizes and normalizes such job market conditions. |
