Welfare reform has many implications for the labor movement in terms of erosion of public benefits, privatization, mandated em ployment in low wage jobs or workfare, and other effects. Labor can address these challenges through several strategies including: organizing workfare workers, raising wage standards through living wage campaigns and effective policy advocacy with other progres sive organizations, and designing better programs to serve welfare clients. Several examples of labor's involvement in the arena of welfare policy are examined, including workfare organizing, par ticipation in welfare rights coalitions and collaborating with ser vice providers. As Congress considers reauthorization of the Tem porary Assistance to Needy Families Program in 2002, labor's per spectives can be extremely valuable in the policy debate.
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