Inspired by the thought, Skerik, 40, returned to his home in San Rafael and made a list of ideas. One of them stood out. "I decided to start a maid/janitorial service," he said. "And I decided I would hire veterans."

He named the company Eco-Vet, for its use of environmentally friendly cleaning products and those who would be wielding them. Skerik, who has struggled to find meaningful work since leaving the Army in 1992, realized he was excited about his prospects for the first time in a long while.

The janitorial service is firing 240 undocumented workers who clean office buildings in the Twin Cities -- about half its local work force -- after Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a workplace audit, said Service Employees International Union Local 26, the union that represents the workers

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SPARTANBUR, S.C. -- After a three week investigation, Spartanburg County deputies arrested a cleaning woman and charged her with stealing from one of her clients, according to an incident report.

Lisa Diane Hill, 47, of Wellford, was arrested on Saturday and charged with theft of property valued at between $2,000 and $10,000.

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Cleanliness standards at Inverclyde Royal Hospital need to improve, inspectors have warned.

The verdict follows inspections which found that most areas of Inverclyde Royal Hospital were found to be clean but improvements were needed in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

Inspectors have now called for a number of improvements following a visit to Greenock’s Inverclyde Royal Hospital.

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PMM Companies (PMM), a janitorial and facility maintenance company, is pleased to announce the recent opening of a new office in Washington DC. For PMM, the new office space means improved client service and will allow the company to accommodate growing client needs.

 

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Distinction Group Inc. ("GDI" or the "Company") (TSX:GD), a trusted leader in the Canadian facility services industry, is pleased to welcome SOS Janitorial Ltd. ("SOS") to the GDI group. Done through its subsidiary Omni Facility Services Canada Limited ("Omni"), this acquisition will enable GDI to strengthen its service platform in Saskatchewan and generate approximately $5 million in additional annual revenues.

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A family were overcome by toxic fumes caused by cleaning products at their home in Clare, near Watlington, on Tuesday.

Two fire crews were called to the incident on the main road in the hamlet at 5pm.

They cordoned off the house and used fans to ventilate it.

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Lopez decided an easy entry entrepreneurial endeavour was a janitorial business. He is an organized, competent man with a strong sense of commitment, so a janitorial business where he could work at night by himself was ideal.

When he opened DelaCruz Janitorial Services , with a small staff of like-minded immigrants, he came upon a system where he could “buy” janitorial contracts from others, which would give him already existing working relationships and allow him to employ his mother and others with whom he felt comfortable.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Interline Brands, Inc., a leading distributor and direct marketer of maintenance, repair and operations ("MRO") products, announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Northern Colorado Paper, Inc. ("NCP"), a distributor of janitorial and sanitation ("Jan-San") supplies for approximately $9.5 million in cash.

Founded in 1978, NCP is a leading regional Jan-San distributor headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, primarily serving institutional facilities in the healthcare, education and food service segments. NCP generated approximately $40 million in revenue in 2010 and has approximately 115 full-time employees.

 

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