Poverty Time Jobs and Welfare
Whether they know it or not, the Center of Poverty and Equality at Georgetown Law is talking to CTA workers—specifically those of us who are not Full-Time Permanent. This report they published says that work requirements for people receiving public assistance make problems worse: Work requirements” are not really about work: they are a blunt instrument for slashing program participation to achieve massive budget cuts to help offset tax breaks for the very wealthy. I agree. As a union representative, I am meeting more and more CTA workers who are receiving much less public assistance. Some are being totally dropped. These people work 40+ hours a week. The need for the total elimination of Poverty Time jobs at the CTA is greater than ever. Specifically, the FTT, PTT and Second Chance tiers are perpetuating poverty in our city and destroying our union from within. Equality of members is critical to maintaining a strong union. I have included the PDF of the report be...
