TSOS Residents Decline Indoor Shelter – Donations Needed
CEO of Missoula’s United Way Susan Hay Patrick explains.
“Watching the weather forecast and knowing it was going to be so brutally cold, our first thought was ‘how can we move people into indoor shelter during this cold snap’,” said Hay Patrick. “We made arrangements with the Johnson Street emergency shelter for most of the people. There are about 26 people at the TSOS now, and we made arrangements for almost all of them to move to the emergency shelter and then the balance to go into a local motel.”
Patrick explained why the residents of the camp decided to stay in the tent camp.
United Way and Hope Rescue Mission Provide Update on TSOS Camp
The Missoula County United Way and the Hope Rescue Mission hosted a listening session on Thursday to update the public on the TSOS (Temporary Safe Outdoor Space) located just off Highway 93 South near the Buckhouse Bridge.
Hope Rescue Mission Director Jim Hicks said there are a number of services being provided to the about 24 residents at the tent camp.
“We have The Partnership Health Center that s coming there and helping a couple times a week,” began Hicks. “We have a volunteer that can run meds to our residents to fill their prescriptions. We have case management by We Care Behavior by Pathways, Winds of Change and other case managers, and we have several churches that are partnering to provide showers; to provide food; to provide clothing and to provide other assistance as those residents would need.”
at small airports across like pennsylvania, allentown, altoona, johnstown. they use part timers. so those people have other jobs as well and it s hard for them to come to work every day and not get paid while they have another part-time job available. so, recognizing that it would be unlawful for them to strike, and further recognizing that you and your union capacity, your leadership capacity are not advocating blue flu, i am simply making an observation that if there were to be an increased line at american airports because of a higher rate of absenteeism, i predict that would turn this thing on a dime. that people would not stand for those type of delays and because of the disruptive influence that it would have have on our economy? well, i think that s right. obviously, it is happening in some places where there is not enough tsos to get in and run
checkpoints. we are seeing that at some airports where they have made decisions to change lines, cut lines out of screening, and that is causing some backups. we re seeing that now. you will see that continue i think as we no into next week. like i said, they have already missed the january 11th paycheck. they ve missed the january 25th. that one s coming up. if they don t get this thing fixed. we also have, for instance, bureau of prisons people going to work in 114 prisons across the country that aren t getting paid we have i.c.e. agents not being paid. we have law enforcement and tsos not getting paid right now and, you know, it s not a joke. and it is certainly fought aic jo. let s say something else then we can part. it s a tough job. you know, i hate the process as a passenger. i can only imagine what it s like to work in those very close
clear. they cannot lawfully strike? correct. we cannot lawful no federal employee can lawfully strike. i imagine that you tell me otherwise that you are hearing from membership, there is probably a desire on some of their part to be calling in with added frequency given that they are the lowest paid of the federal work force, is that right, phil? anecdotally we hear that through our membership. the big thing is what people don t understand about our tsos, they are under a different statute than the rest of the government when they were created. they aren t under the general pay schedule. their administrator has very broad powers to set pay and bonuses and those kind of things and so, they are one of the lowest paid groups of federal workers. there is also a lot of part timers in the tsa. they use part timers to fill in at peak times.