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March 27, 2009
Central Laundry Processes 7,000 Bags Daily from Baghdad Military Camps

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq — Laundry is a chore people do every day throughout the world. Some people are particular about the way they wash their own clothes, but there is one group of people here who are particular about how they wash other people’s clothes.

The Central Laundry Facility on Camp Liberty processes approximately 7,000 bags of laundry a day from camps throughout the Baghdad area, including Liberty, Victory, Cropper, Slayer, Striker and the Radwaniyah Palace Complex.

April 19, 2007
UniFirst Donates Protective Shirts to Soldiers Serving in Iraq

WILMINGTON, Mass. — To help keep soldiers who are fighting in Iraq safer, uniform services provider UniFirst Corp. donated 450 custom flame-resistant (FR) T-shirts to the Army National Guard this month.

The donation — accepted on the military’s behalf by Operation Homefront, a national organization that collects private donations to U.S. soldiers — was the result of the Pentagon’s recent announcement that FR uniforms were to become standard issue for all U.S. troops serving in the Middle East as of this year.

March 6, 2006
How Do You Rate as a Manager?

The auto industry just announced plant closings and layoffs. Textile mills in the South continue to close, and a number of large commercial laundries have closed during the past year. It’s easy to blame all these happenings on NAFTA, the Republicans, greedy unions, high gas prices or the war in Iraq because we have no control over these events. It makes us feel better to blame someone other than ourselves.

May 4, 2005
Employing Immigrants Means Adapting to Cultural Differences

During my managerial career, I have had the opportunity to work with a number of recent immigrants to our country. Most come here to make a better life for themselves and their families. They seek opportunity and access to the American dream by entering the labor market in entry-level jobs.

Some have suffered greatly and taken years to get here, and their life stories could bring most of us to tears. I have found this group of employees to be reliable and very productive.