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Providing work to challenged workforce

Spinning around an assembly room balancing a stack of empty boxes in his arms, Jesus Ortega couldn’t contain his excitement.

He was grinning from ear to ear.

Payday. How sweet it is.

Verizon Communications Inc.’s push to compete with Comcast Corp. is providing jobs for an unusual group of workers – schizophrenics, mentally troubled and depressed, recovering substance abusers, homeless, ex-offenders and the developmentally disabled

By Jane M. Von Bergen

Inquirer Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20081014_Providing_work_to_challenged_workforce.html

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