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UNICCO Dirt - All the News on America's Dirtiest Contractor -...UNICCO Service Co. is a cleaning contractor that operates in major markets across the United States [refers to sexual harassment, health & safety issues, labour issues] (Service Employees International Union)
2002:
Janitors here custodians of civil rights movement [Pittsburgh, USA] -...Topping Burgess' list of Quality Service's sins were instances of racial discrimination (Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26 Nov. 2002)
Union says cleaning firm discriminates [USA] - About 150 cleaning workers and supporters staged a noisy demonstration Saturday at Parkway Center Mall against a cleaning contractor [Quality Services Inc.] they say discriminates against black workers...Hoffman and others said managers at Quality Services, which has a contract to clean the mall and several other buildings in the city, have subjected black employees to harassment on the job and often use racial slurs. (Luis Fabregas, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 10 Nov. 2002)
Teens need safer workplace [USA] -...The Labor Department released a report recently urging the government to prohibit teenagers from working in fields such as construction, window washing and garbage collection. The report also called for stronger enforcement of the labor regulations already in place. (editorial, St. Petersburg Times [Florida, USA], 2 Sep. 2002)
Government Asked to Act on Teenagers' Job Safety [USA] - With nearly four million teenagers at work across the nation this summer, many health safety experts say it is time for the government to revise its 60-year-old list of jobs barred to young people because they are too dangerous...some pediatricians and children's advocates want the Bush administration to declare other work off limits, including construction and window washing. (Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2002)
Cleaner who lost 60p an hour wins equal pay claim [UK] - A woman cleaner who found out she was earning 60p less per hour than a man who worked as a cleaner for the same company [Hannant Cleaning Services in Norwich] has won her case of sex discrimination and victimisation, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) announced today. (Equal Opportunities Commission [UK], 18 June 2002)