Janitors who work in Kansas City Public Schools have voted to join a union.

The union vote came earlier this month, when 90 custodians elected to join the Service Employees International Union Local 1, which represents more than 300 workers in the district.

The custodians work for the Marcis & Associates janitorial services firm, which earlier this year won a $10 million, three-year contract with the school. 

Union members had supported the district’s decision to give the contract to a new company, saying the previous firm did not recognize union workers and that schools had seen a decline in cleanliness amid understaffing.

More at source: KansasCity.com

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Wishing all of our Member Companies & their Loved Ones a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year 2017!! 

As a good amount of you will be working over the holidays be safe on the roads and watch out for those that have been drinking. Safety first and make it back home for the holidays! 

 Newark- The janitorial company that cleans Newark City Hall and 43 other city buildings announced Wednesday layoffs for 41 employees amid an ongoing dispute with the city over its cleaning services contract.

USI provides cleaning services at city hall and 43 other city buildings, it says. (File photo) 

United Services, Inc., which sued the city in July over what it called an unfair bidding process meant to push the company out, said all laid off employees are Newark residents.

Though the company has continued to clean city buildings, it alleges Newark has not paid for its services since June, prompting the layoffs.

More at source: NJ.com

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WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The I-Team takes you into the rotting under belly of Washington.

Richard Everett who lives in the District tells the I-Team "It's bad. It's bad. Everywhere you go."

Patricia Howard-Chittams who’s part of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission says "The illegal dumping is a major issue in this area."

DC Police Department's Environmental Crime Unit is fighting back.

More at source: ABC

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CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County woman is suing call center operators, alleging hostile work environment and sexual abuse.

Jennifer S. Dozier filed a lawsuit Nov. 18 in Kanawha Circuit Court against CDI Corporation and Charles R. Parks II, alleging violation of the West Virginia Human Rights Act.

According to the complaint, on Nov. 24, 2015, as a result Parks' inappropriate actions, Dozier felt ridiculed, intimidated and insulted. The suit says Dozier also has suffered emotional distress and damages for indignity, humiliation and was forced to cease working and seek other employment. 

More at source: WV Record

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It’s the season for giving — the cold and flu, that is.

Local health officials are offering advice and tips to those looking to stay healthy and away from the sneezing and coughing this holiday season.

The timing and severity of the flu, a contagious respiratory illness, can be unpredictable year-to-year. But it’s usually prevalent during the late stages of fall and winter months, according to health officials.

While the New York State Department of Health hasn’t deemed it severe flu season yet, Emelia Lindquist Harley, nursing director for UPMC Chautauqua WCA, said there have been reported cases. Lindquist said people of all ages should be getting the flu vaccine. Young children, the elderly, those with chronic medical conditions and pregnant women are among those highly recommended to get a yearly flu shot.

More at source: Post Journal

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For 20 minutes, Fernando was threatened and forced to clean and mop the bathroom before he was allowed to leave the store, his wife claims in the suit.

The incident caused Fernando to be “humiliated, disgraced and injured in his feelings, emotionally and mentally,” the lawsuit says.

The emotional distress caused by the situation was so severe that it “resulted in the death of Fernando,” the suit says.

“In all my years in the court system, this is new to me, never seen it,” said WFTV legal analyst Belvin Perry.

Perry said the claim for false imprisonment is a compelling one, but proving it led to the man’s death, which the lawsuit alleges, could be a stretch.

More at source: WFTV.com

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The Texas arm of the Service Employees International Union filed for bankruptcy this weekend after a jury found it responsible for a campaign to bully a holdout janitorial firm into accepting the union’s organizing terms.

The Texas branch of the Service Employees International Union, one of the nation’s largest unions, sought chapter 11 protection Saturday at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Corpus Christi, facing a $7.8 million judgment it cannot afford to pay.

More at source: Wall Street Journal

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The U.S. Department of Labor has fined an Oregon cleaning company $70,000 for failing to pay employees the minimum wage and overtime.

Investigators found Stars Cleaning Service based in Beaverton paid its janitorial employees a fixed daily rate without regard to the number of hours they worked. The employees worked on average more than 12 hours a day, six days a week, investigators found.  

Eugenia Galán Carrillo worked at Stars Cleaning Service and has accused owner Estela Ramos of harassing and intimidating the workers after the investigation began.  

“The owner always threatened us,” she told OPB in an interview conducted in Spanish. “She would say to us that she would call immigration, or she always took money from our checks, threatening us all the time.”

More at source: OBP.org

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When you’re selling your home, you must be ready for people to pop in at a moment’s notice. And no, it’s not like when your neighbor drops by to ask you to water her plants while she’s on vacation, and leaves in five minutes without noticing how many dishes are stacked in your sink or the layer of dust on your coffee table.

Nope, these people will scrutinize. And they will judge. But you’re still living in your home—how do you keep it clean enough to make a good impression, no matter the time or day?

More at source: Realtor.com

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