Housekeeping

Feds Tell Hyatt To Lighten Housekeepers' Load

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Labor, Video, Workers, Hyatt Hotels, Chicago, Housekeeping, Housekeepers, Ergonomics, Unite Here, Workplace Safety, Osha, Labor Unions, Hyatt, Business News

After performing a series of hotel inspections, the federal agency that oversees workplace safety has sent a rare letter to the Hyatt Corporation reco...

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Working Poor Stiffed Millions In Wages: Lawsuit

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Hotels, Marriott, Labor, Indianapolis, Wage Theft, Hotel Workers, Hyatt Hotels, Restaurants, Hss, Housekeeping, Unite Here, Holiday Inn, Hospitality Staffing Solutions, Labor Unions, Latino Voices News

More than a dozen low-level hotel workers in Indianapolis have filed a class-action lawsuit against ten of the city's hotels and a labor staffing agen...

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'NCIS': Scott Wolf Returns As Casey Stratton

Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Procedural, Canada Tv, Video, Scott Wolf, Mark Harmon, Drama, Housekeeping, Casey Stratton, Tv Replay, Cbs, Ncis, TV News

Tony and E.J. found themselves under the gun again with the return of Scott Wolf's character, Casey Stratton, on "NCIS" (Tue., 8 p.m. EST On CBS). He ...

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20 Bizarre Household Uses For Olive Oil

Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Olive Oil Uses, Video, Olive Oil Alternative Uses, Green-Living, Housekeeping, Beauty Tips, Household Tips, Safe Household Products, Uses for Olive Oil, Olive Oil, Home Tips, 20 Olive Oil Uses, Green News

From EcoSalon's Stephanie Rogers: Olive oil glides into place as a must-have household and beauty product. Life without olive oil would be sad i...

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20 Amazing Ways You Can Use Baking Soda Around The House

Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Video, Household Cleaning, Baking Soda Household Tips, Green-Living, Baking Soda Uses, Baking Soda Tips, Housekeeping, Baking Soda, Household Tips, Uses for Baking Soda, Green News

From EcoSalon's Stephanie Rogers: Sit back and file your nails or lose track of time watching cute cats on YouTube while baking soda cleans and fre...

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As Big Hotels Outsource Jobs, Workers Lose Hold On Living Wage

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Boston, Marriott, Video, Indianapolis, Indiana, Deval Patrick, Labor Unions, Outsourcing, Hotels, Labor, Hyatt Hotels, Dishwasher, Housekeeping, Unite Here, Business News

INDIANAPOLIS -- Maria Fajardo has been working as a housekeeper and janitor in Indianapolis hotels since 1987. The job has changed a lot in 24 years, ...

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IMF Explained

Jeff Danziger | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Hotels, Strauss-Kahn, Imf, Housekeeping, Political Cartoons, Politics News

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Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa, Indonesia Maid Abuse Victim, Hospitalized After Saudi Employers Allegedly Cut Off Her Lips

Posted 05.25.2011

Yet another case in a disturbing rash of Saudi employers allegedly abusing foreign maids has surfaced. According to the AFP, Indonesian-born Sumiati...

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V.R. Lechchmi, Sri Lanka Maid: Saudi Couple Drove 14 Nails Into My Body As Punishment (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, V.R. Lechchmi, Sri Lanka Maid Nails, Maid, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Maid, Maid Abuse, Sri Lanka Maid Abuse, Housekeeping, Video, World News

Yet another Sri Lankan maid has come forward with claims her Kuwaiti employers abused her. As she lay in recovery at a Sri Lanka hospital, V.R. Lech...

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Internship Opening at Pollster/Huffington Post

Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housekeeping, Huffington Post, Intern Opening, Pollster, Politics News

As we gear up for a busy election season, Pollster and Huffington Post are hiring a new polling intern to help us out with gathering and entering poll...

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Women Sweep Literature Prizes

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature Prizes, Nobel Prize, Books, Orange Prize, Herta Muller, Hilary Mantel, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, Booker Prize, Fiction Prizes, Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize, LA Times, Housekeeping, Literature Awards, Literary Prizes, Books News

Is it an accident, the judging panels, a mini-trend or are the tides turning? With the sweep of this year's literary awards, all eyes are on the women...

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Housekeeping Update

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housekeeping, Pollster, Poll Update, Politics News

Emily and I are both taking some time off this week, so I will be posting links to whatever polls are released in a daily 'outliers' entry that will a...

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New RSS, Twitter Feeds and Email Updates

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Email Updates, Housekeeping, Pollster.com, Rss, Twitter, Pollster, Politics News

We are excited to share some minor changes involving our RSS feeds, Twitter and email updates that we hope will make life a little easier for our regu...

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Not-Quite-Post-Vacation Housekeeping

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housekeeping, Pollster.com, Pollster, Politics News

Now that I'm back from a week's vacation, Emily is taking two well earned days off today and tomorrow and I will be filling in adding new polls to our...

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You Got To Know When To Fold 'Em

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fold Towels, T-Shirts, Kenny Rogers, Gambler, Housekeeping, Fitted Sheets, Erma Bombeck, Healthy Living News

Everybody has something they can do well, and sometimes life is simply trying to figure out what that thing we do well is.

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About That New Banner

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housekeeping, National Journal, Pollster.com, Pollster, Politics News

Hopefully, you have already noticed something a little different about our site today. As of this morning, a *National Journal* banner now sits atop ...

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Spring Break Housekeeping

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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A quick update and apology for the slow pace of analysis posts over the last few days. This week is spring break for my children, and I have been tryi...

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A Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All...

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holidays, Housekeeping, Pollster, Politics News

Over these last two years, we are thankful to have had the opportunity to share the most exciting, compelling election of our lifetimes with you from ...

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