Hunger in Pennsylvania

[Charles Brown]

I agree with your call for minimum wage reform,
but you asked what else beside that. We need
both and more, radical reform and moderate reform.
Not that we will win it all, but at least a larger
picture of how to change the whole system should
be put into the minds of the many (as much as
we can).

Yes, "decent" should be defined right now, I 
agree with that. In fact, it would be defined
in part in terms of a minimum wage.

I don't usually think of the "decent" issue
as referring to what you raise about jobs
people don't want to do. There is also garbage
collector and dead body fetchers, window washing
on tall buildings , mining. I can't see anyway
but paying a premium, as you suggest. Also,
how about rotating the jobs ?Everybody does
a tour of unpleasant jobs.

Anyway, there are too different "decent"
issues, if you follow me. The decent I am
referring to is basically, decent pay, but
certainly there must be more focus on
workplace safety. 

Charles Brown

   Detroit

Workers of the West, it's our turn.


>>> <MScoleman writes
In a message dated 98-08-25 14:41:30 EDT, charles brown writes:

<< I support a Constitutional Amendment for

 a right to a decent job. The right

 of private property in the basic means

 of production protected by the Fifth

 Amendment would be subordinated

 to this right. >>

i agree with this, but decent job needs to be defined in some broad sense/
right now, these workfare programs are getting people jobs...  also, there are
some jobs no one really wants to do (cleaning babies and old people's butts)
but which are pretty necessary in any society.  do we define additional
payments for these jobs?

maggie coleman mscoleman at aol.com