WAVERLY, Fla., Oct. 5, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- HESCO, the just-in-time operating supplies procurement and provisioning cooperative, announced today that the Company will be the exclusive Florida distributor of ProMaka's entire line of earth-friendly cleaning products.

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Things could get messy for Washington-area office building owners as the union representing janitorial workers is threatening to put down their mops and wash buckets unless a new contract is struck by midnight, Oct. 15.

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The mold has forced some students out of classrooms at the Unidos Dual Language Charter School, 4475 Hendrix Drive, and parents are happy to hear the problem is being dealt with however much it will cost. The $235,000 was the lowest bid received by the school district.

“Health is the main issue, you know,” parent McArthur Evans told Channel 2.

Crews working on a renovation and sound-proofing project found mold growing in the ceilings about six weeks ago. Officials walled off sections of the building, including five classrooms, and moved 100 students into portable trailers for the next few months.

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MILWAUKEE (WXOW) -- Windex, the nation's best-selling glass cleaner, is turning 75.

The cleaning solution was first developed by The Drackett Company during the Great Depression in 1936 as a simple windshield cleaner.

In 1992, the company was bought by Racine-based SC Johnson. The company then expanded Windex into a family of products, specializing in surfaces from mirrors and windows to computer monitors and flat-screen TVs.

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$70 million company that specializes in industrial cleaning products and restoration from fire, smoke and water damage.

RPM, global parent of Rust-Oleum, DAP, Tremco and other top-selling industrial and consumer products, announced on Thursday the agreement to buy Legend Brands, but did not reveal the terms or when the deal would close.

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A cleaning woman from Aston was charged Friday with stealing $20,000 worth of jewelry from a home she was working at in East Goshen, Chester County, according to police.

Melissa Ann Lash, 31, is facing six counts of theft, six counts of receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and operating a vehicle under license suspension.

Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department officials said an 88-year-old resident of Hershey’s Mill, a 55-and-older community, called police Thursday to report 35 pieces of jewelry missing.

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A janitorial company has paid $22,000 in back wages and damages to 26 employees who worked at Ralph Wilson Stadium after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found it didn’t pay them proper minimum wages or overtime compensation.

Knights Facilities Management, a Michigan-based company that provides grounds maintenance and janitorial services at the stadium, was cited for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage, overtime and record- keeping provisions.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a new web tool designed to provide Americans easy access to information about everyday products like home appliances, electronics and cleaning products that can save money, prevent pollution and protect people's health.

Using the tool, consumers and institutional purchasers can find electronics and appliances that have earned EPA's Energy Star label and can browse WaterSense products that help save energy and water.

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NEW YORK undefined A janitor working at the U.S. Open is accused of stealing laptop computers from the New York City tennis tournament for two years in a row.

Prosecutors say Kenneth R. O'Quinn was arrested on charges including grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. The 45-year-old Queens man could spent 15 years in prison, if convicted. He was being held Saturday pending arraignment.

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A janitorial service company will pay a total of $180,000 to 20 Latino janitors working in San Francisco commercial buildings and upgrade its staff training to settle a discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday.

The commission accused ABM Industries in a 2009 lawsuit of singling out Latinos for harassment, moving them from their preferred jobs to less-desirable assignments with reduced seniority, and retaliating against them when they complained.

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