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YouTube films guide young
5th of December 2013
Young people who enter the labour market need guidance and advice to avoid accidents, reports Petra Sjouwerman, our correspondent in Denmark.
Young people who enter the labour market are more prone to injuries than their older and more experienced colleagues. This is why the Danish Working Environment Council (BAR), has started a campaign aimed
French cleaning industry gets to grips with illiteracy
29th of October 2013
The French cleaning federation is organising courses in reading and writing, reports Christian Bouzols.
More that 8,000 cleaning workers have taken life skill courses under the auspices of the French cleaning federation. These courses cover the ability to read, write, make elementary calculations and to get around in space and time. These courses
How about a career in cleaning?
28th of October 2013
How has the status of the cleaning industry, and the cleaner, improved, asks ECJ’s UK reporter.
Daughter comes home from school with great news. Her GCSE grades are good: B’s and C’s with even a sprinkling of A’s.
“The careers master recommends that I look at the cleaning industry. He has fixed me with an
Russian cleaning companies prepare for Sochi 2014
28th of October 2013
Cleaning companies are preparing for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, says Oleg Popov of Cristanval.
Major work is underway on plans for the coordinated efforts of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Committee and cleaning companies. An information website is up and running where registered users can post documents and receive approval
Italian philosophy for a cleaner world
25th of October 2013Italian correspondent Anna Garbagna reports from a meeting in Milan, where a project has been launched to clean up the city’s neighbourhoods.
The first event of Cleaning Aziendale Milanese took place during the summer in Milan.
The initiative - which is part of the ‘Milano Quartiere Pulito’ (Milan clean neighbourhood) project
Real people better than robots - say Danish residents
25th of October 2013
ECJ correspondent in Scandinavia, Petra Sjouwerman, reports from Denmark, where elderly residents like real cleaners more than robots.
Elderly residents in Denmark prefer real life cleaners. A recent study has shown that a majority of elderly Danes experienced a considerable reduction in their quality of life by having a robot vacuum instead of a
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