Irish trades union SIPTU campaigns for cleaners

28th of November 2011

European Cleaning Journal editor Michelle Marshall visits the trades union representing contract cleaning workers in Ireland - SIPTU - to find out about how it started  its successful Fair Deal for Cleaners campaign earlier this year.

The cleaning sector in Ireland is remarkably diverse in that it employs people from many countries around

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German ELENA database closes

28th of November 2011

The German Federal Economics Ministry and the Ministry of Labour has announced it is to close the controversial Electronic Wage Verification System (ELENA).

This database is operated by the state pensions agency and requires employers to submit data about pay, work absence, reasons for dismissal and disciplinary action. It was created to

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Russian cleaning industry optimistic for the future

28th of November 2011
Russian cleaning industry optimistic for the future

Oleg Popov from Cristanval cleaning company in Russia is confident about the sector's growth prospects.

Prior to the stalled financial situation of 2009, the cleaning industry in Russia enjoyed strong growth of 30-40 per cent per annum. For the most part, growth was due to services at newly constructed facilities which had been commissioned:

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UK well placed to weather recession

28th of November 2011
UK well placed to weather recession

ECJ's UK correspondent asks how the industry can weather the recession.

Looks like the recession is really here. Reality in the form of lost jobs and falling incomes. The cleaning industry is better placed than most to weather the storm. We are labour intensive on the contract side so maintaining workforce levels should not be a problem provided

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Safeguarding the Polish cleaning sector

28th of November 2011
Safeguarding the Polish cleaning sector

Poland reporter Marek Kowalski asks how the cleaning sector can survive the economic crisis.

The whole of Europe is struggling with a crisis. Politicians meet at another summit wondering how to rescue the European economy and the common currency. Bankruptcy is looming over a number of European economies.

How about the cleaning industry? Although

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Successful cleaning services meet in Italy

28th of November 2011
Successful cleaning services meet in Italy

Italian correspondent Anna Garbagna reports from a cleaning services meeting in Rome recently.

Last month FISE’s (the contract cleaning association) office in Rome hosted the seminar  'Cleaning and integrated services – the sector’s prospects in light of the new work contract CCNL and the new public contracts

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