Post by Stephan on Nov 21, 2006 9:01:57 GMT -5
Kevin from IJCSA wrote:
HOUSTON — Houston janitors ended a monthlong strike today against the city's five major cleaning companies after reaching a tentative agreement that will guarantee higher wages, more work hours and medical benefits.
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Sewage backup closes school
GLENS FALLS -- St. Mary's-St. Alphonsus Regional Catholic School officials on Monday were still evaluating the cost of damage caused by a deluge of water that flooded the school's ground floor last week when equipment being used on the Glen Street reconstruction project malfunctioned.
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10 immigrants form eco-friendly cleaning business
PASADENA - After years of intensive training with a local social activist group - and perhaps a little bit of magic - a group of 10 immigrant women recently launched a Pasadena-based, cooperatively owned, eco-friendly cleaning business.
Read the full article at Pasadena Star- Click Here
Last month The Buckeye Local School District sent letters home to parents alerting them that mold was growing inside the east wing of Northwest Elementary School because of moisture.
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MADRID, Spain: Garbage could start piling up at the Spanish prime minister's office and residential complex if a strike by cleaning workers is not resolved soon, union officials said Monday.
Read the full article at Herald Tribune Europe- Click Here
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A thorough scrubbing of the Carnival Liberty began Sunday as the ship docked after a virus sickened nearly 700 passengers on a trans-Atlantic cruise.
Fourteen guests and five crew remained ill and in isolation when the ship arrived at Port Everglades, according to a statement released by Carnival Cruise Lines, a brand of Carnival Corp. Some passengers were escorted off the ship in wheelchairs by crew wearing blue gloves.
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Migrant women clean houses in bid for American dream
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For Mexican housemaid Estela, the day began before dawn feeding and changing the six-month-old baby of her American 'patrona' or boss in a Los Angeles suburb.
After making breakfast for her employer's other four children, she would walk them to school and then set about scrubbing and cleaning the house before finally finishing her chores more than 15 hours later -- all for $125 a week.
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Houston janitors reach deal to end strike
HOUSTON — Houston janitors ended a monthlong strike today against the city's five major cleaning companies after reaching a tentative agreement that will guarantee higher wages, more work hours and medical benefits.
Read the full article at Chron.com- Click Here
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Sewage backup closes school
GLENS FALLS -- St. Mary's-St. Alphonsus Regional Catholic School officials on Monday were still evaluating the cost of damage caused by a deluge of water that flooded the school's ground floor last week when equipment being used on the Glen Street reconstruction project malfunctioned.
Read the full article at Poststar.com- Click here
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10 immigrants form eco-friendly cleaning business
PASADENA - After years of intensive training with a local social activist group - and perhaps a little bit of magic - a group of 10 immigrant women recently launched a Pasadena-based, cooperatively owned, eco-friendly cleaning business.
Read the full article at Pasadena Star- Click Here
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School District Cleaning Up Mold Mess
Last month The Buckeye Local School District sent letters home to parents alerting them that mold was growing inside the east wing of Northwest Elementary School because of moisture.
Read the article at WTOV9 - Click Here
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Cleaning staff goes on strike at Spanish prime minister residence, office
MADRID, Spain: Garbage could start piling up at the Spanish prime minister's office and residential complex if a strike by cleaning workers is not resolved soon, union officials said Monday.
Read the full article at Herald Tribune Europe- Click Here
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Stricken cruise ship docks for cleaning
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A thorough scrubbing of the Carnival Liberty began Sunday as the ship docked after a virus sickened nearly 700 passengers on a trans-Atlantic cruise.
Fourteen guests and five crew remained ill and in isolation when the ship arrived at Port Everglades, according to a statement released by Carnival Cruise Lines, a brand of Carnival Corp. Some passengers were escorted off the ship in wheelchairs by crew wearing blue gloves.
Read the full article at Houson Chronicle- Click Here
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Migrant women clean houses in bid for American dream
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For Mexican housemaid Estela, the day began before dawn feeding and changing the six-month-old baby of her American 'patrona' or boss in a Los Angeles suburb.
After making breakfast for her employer's other four children, she would walk them to school and then set about scrubbing and cleaning the house before finally finishing her chores more than 15 hours later -- all for $125 a week.
Read the full article at Reuters.com - Click Here
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