Janitors and cleaners (except maids and housekeeping cleaners) perform a range of duties from cleaningfloors to taking out the garbage to painting and carpentry.
She was told that if she did not carry out the work placement - which, she said, involved stacking shelves and cleaningfloors - she would lose her Jobseeker's Allowance.
She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table.