department’s 12 custodians and will save around $100,000 annually, the article noted. “These kids know our names and see us every day,” said Jeff Weeks, Brewer High School’s custodial staff supervisor and union vice president. “Are the ServiceMaster janitors going to unjam their lockers, help them find their coats?” Weeks asked. August 8, 2011 — TRENTON, NJ — The board of education has voted to keep nearly 130 custodial jobs in-house, accord-ing to The Times . The decision was thanks in part to a last-minute $10 million supplemental spending plan and concession from the custodial union, the article stated. “These people are heroes because the sacrifices that they were willing to make helped us to keep our investment in chil-dren,” said Reverend Toby Sanders, board president. The custodians’ current contract with the district is set to expire at the end of the upcoming school year when the issue of The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 made it a crime for companies to knowingly hire illegal immigrants. privatization could be revisited, the article noted. Immigration Immigrant labor, and the debate that swirls around it, is not something new by any stretch of the imagination. March 15, 2011 — MINNEAPOLIS — Costco Wholesale has entered a partner-ship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to The Seattle Times . The partnership will ensure that all cur-rent and future employees of the company that are immigrants are legally allowed to work in the U.S., the article stated. According to the article, ICE will train program participants in proper hiring prac-tices, including how to spot potentially fraudulent employment documents. June 21, 2011 — SAN JOSE, CA — Janitors demanding comprehensive immi-gration reform rallied Monday against federal immigration raids at workplaces, according to KGO-T V. Protestors are claiming that instead of targeting the employers that need to be looked at, the Department of Homeland Security instead has stepped up worksite enforcement aimed at immigrant workers, the article stated. “We’re really giving the message that we want hope, not fear,” said Denise Solis with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers. Superbugs 2011 saw an influx of superbugs such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus www.cmmonline.com 19
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