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A Day's Work, A Day's Pay

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Producer(s)	Jonathan Skurnik, Kathy Leichter
Director(s)	Jonathan Skurnik, Kathy Leichter
Release Date	2001
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Runtime	56:40 min
Youth Media	n

Film Description

A DAY'S WORK, A DAY'S PAY follows three welfare recipients in New York City from 1997 to 2000 as they participate in the largest welfare-to-work program in the nation. When forced to work at city jobs for below the prevailing wage and deprived of the chance to go to school, these individuals decide to fight back, demanding programs that will help them move off of welfare and into jobs.

A DAY'S WORK, A DAY'S PAY traces the personal and political evolution of its three main characters. Juan Galan successfully organizes WEP workers while battling the demons of his own poverty�stricken childhood. Jackie Marte, who drops out of school in order to raise her two children, tries desperately to stay out of workfare, and in the nick of time succeeds in finding a job-training program that allows her to leave welfare for good. Jos� Nicolau overcomes his timidity as he learns to organize against workfare, inspiring his peers with impassioned speeches, and testifying to the City Council about the sexual harassment of WEP workers. As the film tracks the three-year effort to pass two critical pieces of legislation, viewers will come to understand the real-life impact that social policy has on human beings. They will also witness the effort
required for poor and working people to transform themselves from victims of the System to empowered citizens who take control of their own lives.

A DAY'S WORK, A DAY'S PAY was produced in association with The Independent Television Service (ITVS).

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