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ORLANDO, FL — A sit-in protest at the University of California-Irvine (UCI) over what some students are calling ''exploitative labor practices'' for campus janitors led to the arrest of 17 students.

CLEVELAND, OH — Industry research firm The Freedonia Group are forecasting that revenues for United States contract commercial and residential cleaning services will advance 4.5 percent each year to reach $66.8 billion by 2013.

WOOD DALE, IL — Disaster restoration contracting organization Disaster Kleenup International (DKI) has announced that they have received a 2010 Franchise Business Review Franchise Satisfaction Award.

CHICAGO — The Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI) announced the revision of its Certified Building Service Executive (CBSE) and Registered Building Service Manager (RBSM) certification programs.

CHICAGO — Aggressive investigations by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and state tax officials into the misclassification of employees as independent contractors could cost JanSan and maintenance employers millions.

SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of janitors working at Northern California Safeway supermarkets called off a planned strike after the union reached a tentative contract agreement with the cleaning companies.

VAIL VALLEY, CO — Gary Gilman, president of SteamMaster Restoration & Cleaning, is the 2010 recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Vail Valley Partnership.

ATLANTA — Newell Rubbermaid, global marketer of consumer and commercial products, has announced the election of Michael Cowhig as chairman of the company board of directors.

BOISE, ID — Concepts4 is partnering with ProTeam to offer three two-day seminars on High-performance Team Cleaning.

THOUSAND OAKS, CA — Ryan Edlestein was sentenced to pay $350 and placed on a year''s probation after pleading guilty to dumping carpet cleaning waste down a manhole.