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June 28, 2010
Montana Laundry Business Celebrates Centennial

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Montana Secretary of State Linda McCulloch recently presented the National Laundry Co. with the first Secretary of State’s Centennial Award, honoring the local business for 100 years of service.

“A lot has changed in Montana since 1910, and the National Laundry Company of Great Falls has been in business through it all,” McCulloch said during the ceremony. “It survived different owners, economic ups and downs and a devastating fire. All the while, it remained locally owned and operated.”

October 4, 2007
Big Sky Linen Supply Driver Killed in Two-Vehicle Accident

BILLINGS, Mont. — A route relief driver for Big Sky Linen Supply was killed Sept. 19 when the step van he was driving collided with a pickup truck and overturned, pinning him beneath his vehicle, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.

November 16, 2006
Survey: Support for Increasing Minimum Wage Varies

CHICAGO — When laundry managers and administrators were asked if their home states should pass an increase in the minimum wage, the result was a tie – 50% yes, 50% no, according to our latest Wire survey.

Responses were received from at least 16 states. (Voters in Ohio, Arizona, Missouri, Montana, Colorado and Nevada approved ballot measures last week to raise their state's minimum wage.)

November 2, 2006
Six States to Weigh Minimum-Wage Increases on Tuesday

CHICAGO — Voters in six states - Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and Ohio - will vote on ballot initiatives on Tuesday that would raise the minimum wage from $1 to $1.70 per hour above their current levels.

If the increases are approved, these states will join eight others that recently raised their minimums - including Pennsylvania, which voted this summer to boost the state's minimum wage by $2 to $7.15 beginning next year.

September 17, 2006
U.S. Justice Department Clears Joint Venture

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice announced this summer that it won’t oppose a new venture allowing 10 textile maintenance companies to bid jointly to provide textile rental and laundry services to national healthcare outpatient centers.

Based on representations made in the proposal by Linen Systems for Healthcare, the Justice Department concluded that the joint venture isn’t likely to produce anticompetitive effects and could create a new competitor for national accounts, according to the Department’s Aug. 8 press release.