2010 Revisited By: The CMM Staff Looking forward to 2011, we glance back at some of the more enthralling occurrences of 2010. T The only constant in business is that nothing stays the same. That can be said about 2010, as the end of what is now dubbed The Great Recession officially ended and the hoopla surrounding H1N1 influenza fizzled out. While facets of the economic climate are still cleaning up from the storm, as a whole, we are on the upswing. And, from an infection control point of view, this year’s flu sea-son is shaping up to be nothing out of the ordinary. The industry’s only daily electronic news service, CM e-News Daily , covered myriad topics in the past 12 months. Aside from the economic influences on business operations and the personal interest stories of dedicated custodians and housekeepers, other subjects included outsourcing, green certifi-cation announcements and, of course, the explosive resurgence of bedbugs. The following is a synopsis of what Cleaning & Maintenance Management magazine staffers found to be the most interesting JanSan happenings in 2010. Outsourcing Though the practice of privatizing custodial serv-ices has been around for decades, it began hap-pening with increasing frequency in 2010, as many companies and organizations were seek-ing ways to cut operating costs. April 15, 2010 — ANN ARBOR, MI — If the decision is made to outsource custodial and maintenance work at the Ann Arbor Public Schools, affected workers would see a wage decrease of $2 to $6 per hour, according to the Ann Arbor Community . By outsourcing custodial and maintenance tasks to GCA Services, the Ann Arbor Public Schools will save more than $2 mil-lion per year and help reduce the projected $20,000 budget deficit, the story stated. 6 CM B2B Trade Group ™ Directory 2011
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