tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579189847356587096.post1352259550129466599..comments2024-02-14T11:30:29.227-08:00Comments on Facts For Working People: CA: State's homeless policy bad for homeless, hurts workers too.Richard Mellorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997976754939725087noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579189847356587096.post-25313062944513919012013-12-14T23:33:16.183-08:002013-12-14T23:33:16.183-08:00I am sorry to hear of your homeless experience Tin...I am sorry to hear of your homeless experience Tina. But to demand that a worker in this position, clearly a sympathetic worker, basically quit their job which would accomplish nothing but mean their children would go hungry seem, would be a disaster. Who does that?<br /><br />And to compare it to being a guard at Aushwitz which is what you seem to be doing is completely off base. Workers that deliver goods to fast food restaurants are contributing to the exploitation of the low waged. What should they do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579189847356587096.post-6178872860169222932013-12-14T21:50:35.563-08:002013-12-14T21:50:35.563-08:00Only the most despicable person would do this kind...Only the most despicable person would do this kind of "work." It would be better to go hungry. If they open a concentration camp, are you going to "work" there, too?tina braxton, formerly homelessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579189847356587096.post-78058311954530910682013-12-14T21:21:32.834-08:002013-12-14T21:21:32.834-08:00This mirrors my experience working for CAL-Trans i...This mirrors my experience working for CAL-Trans in the early eighties. Working along Interstate 580 through San Leandro, there were several locations where homeless would encamp. And yes, destroying the places these folks called home was heartbreaking. No contract workers then; the state was still employing a "full" workforce. Last time I checked, our crew of 12 had been whittled down to 2.Stephen Carbonaronoreply@blogger.com