Housekeeper Advocates For Changes
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The daily struggles of hotel workers are at the core of a threatened strike of 14 major D.C. hotels.
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Cleanliness has long been next to godliness for the hygiene-conscious Japanese, but fortune-tellers are now advising those who want to succeed in life to start by scrubbing the smallest room.
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Some years ago, I got a job doing network support for the District Attorneyâs office in a large city that shall remain nameless. When I arrived, the network was a mess! Malware was rampant, Internet and WAN connections were saturated, and users were constantly complaining about slow computers and network performance. Even so, my attempts to enforce a mindful security policy were met with fierce resistance. The attitude among the legal staff was, âThis is my computer and my network; youâre just a computer janitor.â
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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A first-time nanny peeks into the lifestyles of the rich and facile.
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DEAR ABBY: I know you care about individuals taking steps each day to improve the quality of their lives. Please help me spread the word about improving the health of millions of Americans.
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In a new wave of the global outsourcing of services, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep.
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DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. - A woman came home from vacation to find a stranger living there, wearing her clothes, changing utilities into her name and even ripping out carpet and repainting a room she didn't like, authorities said.
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LOS ANGELES -- The labor dispute between workers at nine Los Angeles County hotels and their employers has intensified, with one of the hotels locking out its laundry workers and replacing them.
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A city manager facing dismissal after going public with plans to get a sex change said Thursday that he plans to fight to keep his job, because his case represents the struggle "to deal with morality, sexuality and gender."
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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Fighting clutter? Here's how to clear it out.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Mar.
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Â· Reform to be urged at London conference  Â· Move to allow midwives to perform some procedures
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Management is trying to turn things around, but the company's paying for past mistakes.