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  • 17 Jan 2018 10:02 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Lawmakers in the Oregon state house voted in 2017 to introduce new protections for women in the janitorial industry. Those safeguards took effect this month. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

    As the #MeToo movement continues to reinvigorate a national conversation around sexual harassment and violence in the workplace, Oregon has become the second state in the country to pass a law geared specifically at preventing abuse against women in the janitorial industry.

    Women in Oregon face some of the highest rates of sexual assault in the United States. More than 27 percent of women in the state have been raped, and 55.7 percent have been the victim of sexual violence other than rape, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

    More at source: PBS

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  • 16 Jan 2018 10:41 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    America’s largest janitorial company, ABM Industries Inc., faces new allegations that it ignores sexual abuse in the workplace, years after it agreed in numerous legal settlements to change how it handles such cases.

    Three times since 2000, the federal government had sued the company for failing to prevent sexual violence in the workplace. Each time, it agreed to make improvements.


    Then, in a separate settlement in 2015, ABM promised to change how it responded to on-the-job rape allegations.

    But three current cases out of Fresno, California, highlight a persistent phenomenon: Female janitors say that their supervisors exploit their power – and the isolation of the night shift – to violently harass them, while their employer looks the other way. Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and its reporting partners – UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program, KQED, FRONTLINE

    More at source: PBS

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  • 15 Jan 2018 9:19 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Floyd King (copy)Floyd King, a janitor at the South Waco Community Center, said the discussion of outsourcing janitorial services has caused anxiety.

    The final proposal for outsourcing the city’s janitorial services will head to the Waco City Council on Tuesday with a big concession to current workers.

    The council will vote on a two-year contract with UBM Enterprise Inc. to clean up to 30 buildings at a cost of up to $582,000 a year. The council meets at the Waco Convention Center’s Bosque Theatre, with a 3 p.m. work session and 6 p.m. business session.

    But city officials said it may be years before the firm takes over all those buildings, because current janitors will be able to choose if they want to continue as city employees.

    Several city janitors, backed by other Waco residents and a couple of council members, had objected that the outsourcing would strip them of benefits, especially retirement, creating an unexpected hardship.

    More at source: Waco Trib

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  • 10 Jan 2018 7:23 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    A total of 3,927 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations were reported between October 1, 2017 and December 30, 2017. The overall hospitalization rate was 13.7 per 100,000 population. 


    The highest rate of hospitalization was among adults aged ≥65 years (56.6 per 100,000 population), followed by adults aged 50-64 (15.4 per 100,000 population) and children aged 0-4 years (9.9 per 100,000 population). Among 3,927 hospitalizations, 3,538 (90.1%) were associated with influenza A virus, 363 (9.2%) with influenza B virus, 12 (0.3%) with influenza A virus and influenza B virus co-infection, and 14 (0.4%) with influenza virus for which the type was not determined.

    More at source: CDC

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  • 08 Jan 2018 7:27 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Mental health counsellors often recommend that clients clean their home environments every day. Dirt and squalor can be symptoms of unhappiness or illness. But cleanliness is not only about mental health. It is the most basic practice that all forms of Japanese Buddhism have in common. In Japanese Buddhism, it is said that what you must do in the pursuit of your spirituality is clean, clean, clean. This is because the practice of cleaning is powerful.

    a man holding a scrubbing brush

    Of course, as a monk who is dedicated to spiritual life, I recommend Buddhist concepts and practices. But you don’t have to convert to a new religion to learn from it. Many people’s associations with the word “religion” may include a set of rules to regulate people’s values and actions; the creation of an irrational transcendent entity; or the idea of a crutch for people who cannot think for themselves. In my view, though, a respectable religion does not exist to bind one’s values or actions. It is there to free people from the systems and standards that order society. In Japanese characters, the word “freedom” is written as “caused by oneself”.

    More at source: The Guardian

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  • 02 Jan 2018 9:30 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The new year will bring somewhat fatter paychecks to many Americans, with more than three dozen states and cities counties raising their minimum wage.

    The federal minimum wage remains unchanged at $7.25 per hour, where it has stayed since 2009.


    But many states and cities have raised their minimum hourly pay above the federal rate, including the 18 states and 19 cities that have set increases for 2018, according to a report by the National Employment Law Project.

    In most of the 18 states hiking their minimum hourly rates today, the increases are the result of either legislation or recent voter-approved ballot measures, and range from 35 cents in Michigan to $1 in Maine, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Other states will have smaller automatic increases that adjust the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation.

    More At Source: ABC

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  • 29 Dec 2017 9:44 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- As the temperatures drop, we hear about flu cases going up, and after a week of holiday travel, officials say it could get worse.

    Indiana is one of 23 states already listed in the ‘"widespread flu activity" category, according to the Center for Disease Control.


    With so many people coming into contact with germs at gas pumps and on planes this week, officials expect more states will be added to that list. Updated numbers are expected on Friday.

    While flu season peaks during the cold months, doctors say the illness isn’t caused by the cold itself. They say more people get sick in the winter because the cold temperatures force us indoors, where we’re surrounded by more people and more germs.

    More at source: CDC

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  • 26 Dec 2017 9:42 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — It’s that time of year. You’re having holiday parties. Friends, family are coming over and staying with you. You prepare by cleaning up around the house. You think you’re good, but wait until you see some of the nastiest, germ-ridden places inside your house.

    The first place right at the front door.


    “So you’re doorknobs basically get touched by every single person that goes in and out of the home. What your’re going to want to do is at least wipe them down with an antibacterial, either a spray or a wipe,” says Kate Henley with Two Maids and a Mop.

    Don’t forget the doorknobs around your house especially leading into the bathroom. Including the handle to that porcelain throne!

    “Which was the most disgusting to you,” we ask homeowner Sally Monceaux.

    “The remote. Cause that’s an everyday thing we use,” she says.

    More at source: WFLA

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  • 22 Dec 2017 9:52 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    For the past three years, Collins, a custodian, has been collecting and distributing clothes, school supplies, even food for the school's homeless students.

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      "These are our babies," Collins said. "They just want to learn. I just want to take care of them. Some of them sleeping in cars, some in hotels." 

    Collins said she was called to care for the kids while she was on her early shift three years ago. The students, she said, were dropped off early and hungry with no where to go. 

    But it's the loss of her son, killed during a home invasion, that also motivates her mission. 

    Video & More At Source: WLTX

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  • 20 Dec 2017 11:29 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Happy Holidays to Our Members and Friends! All of us at IJCSA wish our members and friends a wonderful holiday season and a happy, healthy and prosperous 2018! 


    IJCSA Offices Will Be Closed For The Holidays - 12/22 To 12/25 & 12/29 To 1/1 


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