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  • 25 Oct 2012 7:10 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    During the three-minute film he is seen to climb out of the top floor window and on to the other side of the stone balustrade, before walking around the outside of the building.

    Later on he is seen doing the same thing on the level below, but this time walking along the top of the narrow windows – but again without any kind of safety equipment.

    A member of staff at Loch Fyne said the incident was being dealt with internally by the restaurant chain's owners Greene King, and added that they had been in contact with the health and safety team at Bath and North East Somerset Council.

    B&NES yesterday confirmed it was investigating the incident.

    More at source: Bath.UK

  • 25 Oct 2012 7:07 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - West Lafayette police dispatchers say two people fell off a building early Thursday afternoon near Salisbury Street and Cumberland Avenue.

    Dispatchers say fire crews headed to the scene around 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Westminster Village, located at 2741 N. Salisbury St.

    More at source: wishtv.com

  • 25 Oct 2012 7:07 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    A former cleaning woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that she stole a rare, $3 million bust of Ben Franklin from a Bryn Mawr collector's home.

    Andrea Lawton, 46, of Mobile, Ala., was indicted Thursday and has been charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office with one count each of interstate transportation of stolen property and concealing stolen property.


    More at source: Philly.com

  • 25 Oct 2012 7:04 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    An Aurora homeowner who has hundreds of birds in his house is facing a massive cleanup. If he does not comply, authorities say they will take over.

    Dave Skeberdis, 57, has to clean up his home in the 200-block of Shadybrook Lane and turn over hundreds of birds to animal control, Aurora officials said at a press conference Wednesday morning. They also called Skeberdis' home a nuisance.

    More at source: ABC

  • 25 Oct 2012 7:02 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The seven-year employee of Jancoa Janitorial Services said she regularly cleaned the Enquirer building at Third and Elm streets downtown. 

    The minimum rate for janitorial workers has been raised to $9.80 an hour, but they claim their hours have been reduced so their take-home pay is flat and their workload is greater. 


    Read more at source: WLWT
  • 16 Oct 2012 10:12 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    Fire Investigators are trying to determine what caused a Sunday night fire in Studio City. The massage parlor that burned is owned by the same man who ran controversial ads for a topless maid service emblazoned on hot pink vans and parked on the street. Gordon Tokumatsu reports from Studio City for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Oct. 15, 2012.

    More at source: NBC LA
  • 16 Oct 2012 10:10 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    Washington County Commissioners awarded the bid for janitorial services at the Health Department to Spencer Management when they met this morning. Spencer Management was the sole bidder when bids were opened last week. Commissioner Mike Dunlap gave an update on the rental space used by the Natural Resource Service Center in the Tyler Ag Building. Commissioners estimate that $90,000 in improvements is needed to bring the building up to the renter's specifications. The current rent is approximately $600/month. Commissioners will look at ways to recoup their expenses should the repairs be made.

  • 16 Oct 2012 10:09 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    Following the lead of University library and janitorial workers, Brown Dining Services employees voted Thursday to switch their union representation from Service Employees International Union Local 615 to the United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island.USAW won by a 34-point margin in the run-off election, which was held following a close race at the end of August that resulted in a 76-73 vote for USAW. Because neither party received the required number of votes needed to win in August, the run-off was necessary.  
    On Sept. 28 undefined weeks before the run-off vote undefined the SEIUfiled charges with the National Labor Relations Board against the University for unfair labor practices following a series of deductions from employee paychecks at the beginning of the semester. TheSEIU contends that these over-deductions, marked as union dues, created a skewed atmosphere for the election.

  • 12 Oct 2012 9:02 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    “It doesn’t project the image of the city that we think we have,” said Joy Forbes, Burbank’s assistant city manager, who has been fielding complaints. “We have a small-town feel. These types of advertising vehicles don’t reflect the image of Burbank that most people have.”

    More at source: NBC News
  • 02 Oct 2012 9:01 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    At 2 a.m. this morning, the union for many New England janitors announced that a tentative agreement had been reached on a new contract for 14,000 workers. The deal came just after the midnight expiration of the current contract, averting a strike that could have begun this morning. It resolves the latest showdown between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the janitorial contractors hired by major corporations.

    More at source: In These Times

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