Former Janitor meets with Hillary Clinton. Report states he saved for over a 

Year to make contribution. 

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A janitor was assaulted in a bathroom at Chelsea Piers on Sept. 11, according to police. 

CHELSEA — A man using the bathroom at Chelsea Piers repeatedly whacked a janitor on the head with a plunger and punched him after the janitor accidentally bumped him with his mop, police said. 

The 63-year-old janitor, who was cleaning the public bathroom on the north side of the building, was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital and had a bloody left ear and bruises and swelling on the left side of his face, according to police and workers there.

Soon after the incident that took place on Sept. 11 just after 9 a.m., police arrested Billy Thomas, 46, and charged him with assault.

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Custodians took home an average pay of $109,467 in the 2013-14 school year — and 634 of the city’s 799 custodians earned more than $100,000 in salary and overtime during that time, city payroll records show.

That’s because of the city’s 1,500 school buildings, 238 have no full-time custodian on site, up 74 percent from the 137 empty slots in 2012, according to data from the custodians union.

The arrangement is forcing nearly one-third of the city’s 737 custodians to cover two schools — and reap additional pay.

So why not hire more janitors and avoid the double pay for overtime?  Maybe it has something to do with all the perks, including retirement arrangements, that don’t seem to figure into the average pay reported above.

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The University of Windsor is contracting out janitorial duties at six of its buildings, says the union that represents the hourly employees who do the work.

The change takes effect next Monday, CUPE Local 1001 says.

John Coleman, the school's director of public affairs and communications told CBC he would respond to a request for a statement later Wednesday.

The union says the move affects work at Dillon Hall, Clark Residence, Alumni Hall, as well as the Toldo GLIER and ELIP buildings.

Jeff Martin, president of CUPE Local 1001, says he is "pissed off to no end."

He said the university's decision is the continuation of a troubling trend.

"It's been going on for years, and we've been talking about it for years. It's just nothing seems to happen. It just stays the same, and we lose jobs, lose jobs, lose jobs. You get mad. Your hands are kind of tied," he said.

Martin says no current union members will lose their jobs with this move, but he says 12 of his members will be redeployed and some positions will eventually be lost through attrition.

There are currently 68 employees in housekeeping at the university, according to Martin.

"They're going to completely get rid of us. That's just the way it is. They're going to get rid of us," Martin said.

More at source: CBC

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PRNewswire/ -- US demand to grow 2.2% annually through 2019

US demand for janitorial equipment and supplies is forecast to grow 2.2 percent per year through 2019 to $7.1 billion, continuing the recovery that began in the latter part of the 2009-2014 period. Significant pent-up demand in automated floor cleaning equipment will fortify advances. After initially falling in 2008 and 2009, sales of most types of automated floor cleaning equipment remained below pre-recession highs as of 2014, but will again approach or exceed those levels by 2019.

Gains will be spurred by accelerating economic growth, which will increase foot traffic and a need for additional cleaning in buildings, as well as factors such as a rising number of business establishments and gains in nonresidential floor space that boost the potential market for janitorial products. Increased demand for nonessential cleaning activity and related products will also promote advances. Heightened interest in sustainable cleaning practices will buoy demand for higher value products that decrease or eliminate water or chemical consumption.

Sales will be further fueled by growing interest in replacing older, noisy equipment with quieter, more discreet products appropriate for noise-sensitive environments. In addition, concerns about the risk of cross-contamination and employee injury will drive sales of products with advanced features and improved ergonomic design. More rapid gains will be restrained by market maturity in manual cleaning products and bags and containers, as well as by competition from lower-cost imports.

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SOUTH GLENS FALLS | Performance Industrial, formerly called Americlean, has purchased Albany-based Key Flooring Systems, previously known as Key Equipment.

South Glens Falls-based Performance Industrial has frequently used Key Flooring as a sub-contractor in the past.

A purchase price was not disclosed. Performance Industrial will operate the Albany store as a satellite office, according to a prepared statement.

Performance Industrial will continue to offer the same range of customized epoxy flooring options Key Flooring provided for warehouses and manufacturing spaces, commercial kitchens, laboratories and clean rooms, supermarkets, healthcare facilities, locker rooms and other projects. The Albany location will enable Performance Industrial to service its industrial cleaning and painting customers in Albany and the surrounding counties more efficiently.

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