World & Nation
Faced with huge debts after a wave of consolidation, large supermarket chains are outsourcing to a shadowy system of subcontractors who recruit recent immigrants.
July 2, 2000
California
Seal Beach Police Capt.
Aug. 22, 1993
Business
California grocery store janitors won class-action certification for their lawsuit against the three largest U.S. supermarkets for allegedly breaking labor laws by hiring workers through a janitorial-services contractor.
April 10, 2001
Politi-Cal
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Aug. 4, 2010
The City Council last week picked Commercial Building Co. over seven other contractors to provide janitorial services to City Hall and other city buildings.
Feb. 22, 1994
In a case that could prove to be a model for holding businesses responsible for abuses by their contractors, the Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. chain has been found jointly liable with a janitorial services firm for wage theft violations totaling $4.2 million, the California Department of Industrial Relations said Monday.
June 11, 2018
The City Council has hired a Sepulveda maintenance company to provide janitorial services at City Hall and other buildings.
Nov. 19, 1994
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has filed tax fraud and grand theft charges against three Palmdale janitorial companies and their top officials for underpaying workers and failing to pay taxes and unemployment insurance.
Sept. 21, 2002
Archives
Brown, Willie Mae, 69, of Lancaster, janitorial service owner.
Oct. 30, 1990
* Bill Trester of Ventura received the Achiever Award for Janitorial Services at a national convention for ServiceMaster Residential/Commercial Services.
Dec. 29, 1998