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- Food service workers say contract is missing an ingredient
May 2, 2008. Star Ledger
Food service workers at the Meadowlands and Monmouth racetracks could get locked out of their jobs on Wednesday if a contract dispute is not resolved by then, according to their union.
- Organized labor divided on Clinton, Obama
May 1, 2008. CNN.com
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have aggressively courted organized labor, but unions are divided between the Democratic candidates.
- Councilmen to boycott hotel
May 1, 2008. The Baltimore Sun
Three members of the Baltimore City Council yesterday agreed to sign a boycott commitment against a downtown hotel that has been involved in a long-standing battle with the union representing its employees.
- It All Comes Out in the Wash
April 30, 2008. Cincinnati CityBeat
Actions speak louder than words, and all the money in the world can't buy a good reputation when reality paints a different picture.
- Aramark On The Way Out
April 29, 2008. New Haven Independent
New Haven’s public schools are moving toward managing their own kitchens.
- They’ve Got A Union
April 28, 2008. New Haven Independent
Workers at a West River laundry plant ended a year-and-a-half-long labor struggle with a climactic vote.
- Cintas fined $8K for safety breaches in Newburgh
April 25, 2008. The Times Herald-Record
NEWBURGH - Less than a year after a Cintas worker in Tulsa, Okla., was killed after becoming trapped in a red-hot dryer, the company was fined $8,000 for safety violations at its Newburgh facility, according to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- Lawmakers want safety reviews company-wide
April 24, 2008. The Charlotte Observer
WASHINGTON - Workplace safety accidents and even near-misses should prompt regulators to conduct company-wide reviews to look for similar hazards at other plants, lawmakers said Wednesday.
- Lawmakers blast Cintas' safety
April 24, 2008. The Cincinnati Enquirer
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers at a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday said they were "outraged" and "appalled" by the way Mason-based Cintas reacted to the death of a worker at a Tulsa, Okla., laundry facility.
- Death brings questions on OSHA's authority
April 24, 2008. Mobile Press-Register
WASHINGTON - The gruesome death of a Cintas Corp. employee in Oklahoma last year was a tragedy, everyone at a Wednesday congressional hearing agreed.
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