[Sosfbay-discuss] newsletter mailing

[Andrea Dorey]

I agree with Fred on the day laborer issue.  Not great that they can  
be paid so little, but we are "helping" them in a real way: money.

I would like to bid for some of those newsletters so I can distribute  
them this week to several yuppie coffee shops, senior centers,  
exercise temples (gyms) for needed reading material!

Sorry I couldn't join you for a third night, but 1200 was my limit.   
I'm aging rapidly!      ;- ))
Andrea
BTW, next time I'll remember the pdf download for the printer!!

On Sep 23, 2006, at 9:44 AM, Fred Duperrault wrote:

> Save a hundred, or so, for me, Tian.  The coffee shops can use some.
> (Yesterday I visited with the editor of the MV VOICE and, during our
> conversation, gave him a copy of the newsletter. He showed a lot of
> interest. I sensed that he likes you, Tian, and Peter Camejo.)
>
> Regarding the Mtn. View Day Laborers, they each received $12 per hour,
> The working conditions were ideal and they need the money to survive.
> They weren't exploited.
>
> There are many entities who legally employ immigrants in need that we
> all patronize. Could it be that the old cliche' that  states, "They do
> the undesirerable work that Americans won't do," is true?
>
> At risk,
>
> Fred
>
>
> JamBoi wrote:
>
>> Thank you for clarifying that.  It is sobering to hear that we  
>> weren't
>> able to complete it without hiring help.  It'd be nice if in the  
>> future
>> we can build ourselves up to be able to handle mailings without  
>> needing
>> to take this step.  I am happy that some people were directly
>> benefitted by our mailing with some employment though. I thank you  
>> Fred
>> and Lois for contributing this on top of all the other things you
>> contributed to make this happen.
>>
>>
> The day laborers each put two hours into the project.
>
> When I got home from taking them back to the dayworker center
> there was a message on my message machine from someone who
> didn't leave a name ragging on "people that would hire North Koreans
> for the price of a loaf of bread and steal jobs from Americans."
> It's the only message like it I've ever gotten, and it was QUITE a
> coincidence.
>
> I felt very unclean after listening to that message. I've never  
> done that
> before, and I don't want to do it again. It was easy, convenient,  
> and they
> worked hard, but now I'm conflicted. I didn't think of the idea,  
> but I went
> along with it because I needed to get the mailing out of my hair  
> and the
> phone wasn't ringing enough to make it happen with volunteers. I mean,
> volunteers could get it done next week sometime, but there is no  
> chance
> that the San Jose Greens would hear about the Oct. 3rd event before it
> happened.
>
> On another note, we have a four inch high stack of left over  
> newsletters
> to distribute by grass roots means. I don't have the time to do any of
> that, I have my own campaign to work on. If they sit here until  
> election day
> I will recycle them when it is too late to use them. PLEASE,  
> somebody take
> them off my hands.
>
> -- 
> Tian
> http://tianharter.org
> Tian Harter for City Council
> P.O. Box 391854
> Mountain View CA 94039-1854
>
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