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Fordham Urban Law Journal

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Br(E)King The Exploitation Of Labor?: Tensions Regarding The Welfare Workforce, David L. Gregory Jan 1997

Br(E)King The Exploitation Of Labor?: Tensions Regarding The Welfare Workforce, David L. Gregory

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This Article examines the deep human rights concerns within the transmogrifying world of work, focusing on the integral part that work plays in the definition, construction, maintenance, and enhancement of the social contract in the context of the New York City welfare workforce. Part I reviews the "employee"/partner/independent contractor distinctions, focusing on recent case law, the regulatory tax regime, and related issues. Part II examines the complex pressures that workfare legislation will exert throughout most sectors of the workforce and the unemployed. Part III explores the role of Catholic social teachings on workers' rights as well as the reemergence of …


Collective Bargaining And The Fiscal Crisis In New York City: Cooperation For Survival, Arvid Anderson, Marjorie A. London Jan 1982

Collective Bargaining And The Fiscal Crisis In New York City: Cooperation For Survival, Arvid Anderson, Marjorie A. London

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As a result of New York City's fiscal crisis in 1975, both the New York state legislature and Congress passed laws aimed at helping the city recover. As a result of this legislation, the federal and state governments became more involved in the city's affairs and were tasked with monitoring collective bargaining between the city and its employees. Labor and management in the public sector were forced to cooperate in order to get out of the financial predicament, and the city survived the crisis. This article examines the changes in collective bargaining laws and practices that occurred as a result …