As of March 3, benefits were cut off for thousands of welfare
recipients in Pennsylvania. Under the state’s 2-year-old welfare law, every welfare
recipient must work at least 20 hours a week to receive benefits. But since there
aren’t enough jobs for everyone, and since some welfare recipients are unable to
work, many will now go without benefits. The Kensington Welfare Rights Union, a Labor
Party affiliate, led a demonstration of some 500 people in Philadelphia March 3 to protest
the policy.
Photo İHarvey Finkle, Impact Visuals |
