Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: hiring labor

[Casey Morrigan (cjmorr]

Well, that is a great question that I don't know the whole answer to.  Here
is a partial answer.  He does not like to pay others to do work because it
reinforces classism and an unequal relationship between the wage payer and
the wage earner.  And that we should as a community be willing to get our
hands dirty and do the manual labor required to make the place run.  There
is more to it but that is my summary.  Uncomfortable was my euphemism, not
his.

-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Ann Zabaldo
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 6:24 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: Re: [C-L]_hiring labor


Casey -- what does the community member mean when he says he is
"uncomfortable" w/ hiring people for manual labor?

Ann Zabaldo

Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC. -- America's
Hometown!
zabaldo [at] earthlink.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Casey Morrigan" <cjmorr [at] pacbell.net>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 9:01 PM
Subject: [C-L]_hiring labor


> Anyone have any ideas about this new thread that is probably old?
>
> We are trying to make up our community minds about budgeting for hired
> labor.  We have one community member that is uncomfortable with hiring
> people to do manual labor on site (landscaping, cleaning, digging). So
> uncomfortable that he's not sure he can live with it in the budget.
>
> How have others addressed this and resolved it?  I am not a neutral party
in
> the discussion.  I cannot figure out how to get the work done, because we
> have lived here three years and neglected lots of stuff and over-relied
and
> burnt out a coupla resident people who overdid this work. So I am stuck
> regarding a solution.
>
> Casey Morrigan
> Two Acre Wood
> Sebastopol, California
>
>
>
>
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