#cleaners — Public Fediverse posts

I've been listening to the podcast miniseries Unsung: Cleaners.

It dives into the lives of, primarily, migrant women who clean the offices, hospitals and other buildings across Europe and their plight.

When I got lost in the corporate world for a few years I never quite understood why the cleaning crew (and catering, security, etc) were typically ignored by my co-workers. Not even a basic 'hello'. Or the startled faces when I did greet them and made small talk.
These days I understand it on a rational level, but as a fellow human it will continue to baffle me.

Anyway - this is a pod worth listening to. A perspective not often heard and the voices are from across Europe.
Non-Europeans may find it interesting too, just remember that as poor as the situation is in Europe, it's probably better than just about anywhere else in the world.

https://www.uni-europa.org/news/new-podcast-unsung-lets-cleaners-across-europe-tell-their-stories-in-their-own-words

#podcast #cleaners #europe #workers #workersrights

📣 New Podcast! "15 April 1916: Domestic Workers Union" on @Spreaker #anniversaries_history #cleaners #colorado #day #denver #domestic #facts_weekly #feminism #history #history_historical #history_otd_on #history_weekly #in #iww #lives #news_everyday #stories_daily #this #wobblies #women
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15-april-1916-domestic-workers-union--71033831

PETA’s ‘Control + Shift’ returns with 4 new and restaged works on power, care and Filipino realities

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://interaksyon.philstar.com/hobbies-interests/2026/04/01/311463/petas-control-shift-returns-with-4-new-and-restaged-works-on-power-care-and-filipino-realities/

#SolarPunkSundayMusings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

#SolarPunkSunday

5 Things You Should Always Do Before #Professional #Cleaners Come To Your #House

https://www.southernliving.com/things-you-should-always-do-before-professional-cleaners-come-11887923

Professional #Cleaners Share Their Best #Cleaning Tips

https://www.manmadediy.com/professional-cleaners-share-their-best-cleaning-tips

New York Subway cleaners (Covid) settlement for back wages and danger.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/new-york-subway-cleaners-settlement-covid

Chronology Minimum Wage
https://dol.ny.gov/history-minimum-wage-new-york-state

#cleaners #Covid #laborMovement #minimumwage #NewYork #Organize #workingpoor #SEIU

Sky Cleaners • Austin, Texas, USA

Rolleiflex 2.8 D • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2025

#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Camera #Film120 #MediumFormat #Rolleiflex #BWfilm #Monochrome #Photography #ATX #TX #Downtown #Austin #Texas #Outdoors #Sky #Cleaners #Vintage #Singage #Cloud #April_22_2025

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/liberated-broom-documentary-cleaners-belgium

#workingclasshistory #Belgium #Cleaners #educationworkers #cooperatives

Several brands of over the rim toilet #cleaners have #recycling marks.

Please don’t.

#cleaners
#ALLCAPS
#nighttime
#StoreFront
#Brooklyn
#SlabSerif
#SmallApetures
#HeavyStrokeWeight

#Cleaners (2013-2014)
Roxie and Veronica are two gorgeous young women - who also happen to be highly trained contract killers. While on an errand for their boss, an unpleasant surprise in the trunk of their car turns this lethal pair into hunted targets.
#GirlsWithGuns #EmmanuelleChriqui
#TVMastodon 📺 🎬

John Lewis trials repair service in partnership with Timpson Group | John Lewis | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/22/john-lewis-trials-repair-service-in-partnership-with-timpson-group

#Clothing
#RepairsAndAlterations
#Cleaners
#Restorers
#JohnLewis
#JohnLewisPartnership
#TimpsonGroup
#Timpson
#ExOffenders
#CuttingWaste
#Wrap
#Oxford
#Liverpool
#Cheadle
#MiltonKeynes
#Starmer
#PrisonsMinister
#TimpsonDirect

‘#ForeverChemicals’ – the part of cleaning you don’t want to last

"Notable categories of cleaners that either may contain, or have historically contained, PFAS are:

- glass and hard surface cleaners
- fabric, upholstery, and #CarpetCleaners and treatments
- #waxes and polishes for #floors, #furniture, #cars and #boat vessels
- dishwashing rinse aids
- #AerosolPropellant-based #cleaners and #AirFresheners
- #paints and #coatings.

"Floor sealers and finishes – products that cure into a film once applied – often contain PFAS. During floor stripping and waxing, PFAS concentrations in dust and air particulate matter were one order of magnitude greater than typical residential indoor air and two orders of magnitude greater than outdoor air, according to a 2022 study.

"But now the cleaning products #Industry wants to keep consumers in the dark about the use of these chemicals in their brands. Earlier this month, a bill was introduced in Congress on behalf of leading household cleaning product makers that would deny Americans the right to know about #ToxicChemicals in cleaning products.

"The manufacturer #Reckitt applauded Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) for introducing the bill, which would rob consumers of crucial information about the ingredients in their products. Reckitt makes popular household brands like #Lysol, #Woolite, #AirWick, #Vanish, #Calgon, among many others.

And industry giant #SCJohnson
called for a 'clear federal standard' on disclosing ingredients, knowing any such standard could take a decade or longer. The company manufactures #Glade, #Drano, #Pledge, #ScrubbingBubbles, #Shout and #Windex, along with many other products, including #Ziploc."

Read more:
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2023/10/forever-chemicals-part-cleaning-you-dont-want-last

#PFAS #PFOS #WaterIsLife #WaterPollution #PFASPollution #PFOA #PTFE #Wildlife #Cancer #Contamination #Chemicals #Environment #FoodPackaging #Plastics #FireFightingFoam #Firefighters #Health #Mining #Lubricants #Electronics #Cosmetics #PFNA #PFHxS #PFB #GenXChemicals
#Toxic #DowChemical #DuPont #3M #BASF #Teflon #RainWater #DrinkingWater

New Orleans signage: Keep It Clean Edition. Laundries.

1) Wah Cleaners, Freret Street, 13th Ward Uptown.
2) The Clothes Spin, Rampart Street, French Quarter. (Historic!)
3) General Laundry Building St. Peter Street, Mid-City.
4) Nahborhud Washerwoman, Broadway, Friburg.

Photographed by Infrogmation of New Orleans.

@noladon

#NOLA #NewOrleans #signs #laundry #cleaners

Migrant cleaners’ strike threat as they demand equal rights to white government colleagues | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migrant-cleaners-government-strike-discrimination-b2528192.html

#MigrantWorkers
#Racism
#Cleaners
#Black
#White
#POC
#DeptOfEducation
#Pay
#2TierSystem
#SanctuaryBuildings
#Union
#TermsAndConditions
#TermsAndConditionsOfEmployment
#UnitedVoicesOfTheWorldUnion
#DFE
#ISSUKLimited
#ISS
#UVW
#ISSUKAndI
#GovernmentPropertyAgency
#GPA

Cleaners force LSE to backdate their stolen pay
LSE has granted two years of backdated holiday pay and a one-off lump sum of £150 per person to their halls of residence cleaners.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/11/30/cleaners-force-lse-to-backdate-their-stolen-pay/
#Cleaners #LSE #StolenPay #UVW

More than a third of surveyed UK cleaners have worked while ill | Pay | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/oct/16/uk-cleaners-worked-while-ill-low-paid-sick-pay

#Cleaners
#WorkingWhileSick
#SickPay
#CentreForProgressiveChange
#SSP
#SafeSickPayCampaign
#Labour

Cleaners are here. I just heard their Dyson fire up and immediately got an alert my NAS has gone offline. Sigh. Best go remind them which plugs to not unplug.
#Cleaners #NAS #PowerOutage #MustBuyUPS