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    In “Jorge a Church Janitor Finally Quits,” by Martin Espada and “Secretary Chant,” by Marge Piercy both characters feel unappreciated. In Espada’s poem Jorge is a church janitor from Honduras who begins to feel worthless. Though he is strong minded, he faces degrading aspects of his job. Similar to this, Piercy’s poem describes a secretary who is trapped within her specific responsibilities. Both characters discover the dehumanizing qualities of their careers. Throughout both poems both

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    In “Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy and “Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits” by Martín Espada, the speakers feel discontent with their jobs. In “Secretary Chant” the voice of a monotonous secretary describes how she has become more like a machine than a person, reduced to merely a set of objects and basic tasks. The speaker experiences a similar lack of appreciation in “Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits.” Finding that people only pay him attention when they need something, he believes others

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    I recommend to use Perkins Janitorial Service instead Conway Co. two janitors that is at the company. One of the other reasons is when the company needs to find janitors we lose money of putting job advertising on the internet and newspapers. The cost of putting a job advertisement on Snagajob.com is about $89. Also, putting an advertisement in a newspaper, such as Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is about $12 per a column inch. So, if the company puts an advertisement in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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    Bread and Roses

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    They joined the “Justice for Janitors” campaign participating in demonstrations, meetings, and marches. The decision does carry a sizeable degree of repercussions. Maya’s sudden cognizance of employment is undermined by both her sister’s resistance to the union as well as her best friend’s

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    summary of the movie is necessary. Bread and Roses is a fictional story about the exploitation of janitor workers by the cleaning company Angel. More specifically, the story revolves around Maya, a Mexican immigrant. Maya, when the story begins, just had recently crossed the border into the United States. Once Maya linked up with her sister Rosa, Rosa pulled some strings so Maya can work as a janitor with her in a high rise building. While acclimating to her new job, she noticed the poor treatment

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    at school, I sit down on the benches under the church awning and await to help Mrs. Kenny. Suddenly, a man dressed in all white and carrying a vacuum, walks past me, strolls through the parking lot, and sprints into the school. Probably some new janitor, I say to myself. Abruptly, Mrs. Kenny taps me on my shoulder and takes me inside to help her. She begins to write in some folders while I read a picture book and, in awkward silence, wait for something to do. “You know what I need?” she says quickly

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    KUDZU CONSUMER OVERVIEW: The Revolution of One territory was less compelling than Look North. This museum anthem manifesto in conjunction with the print focused the territory on innovation. The area was seen as different from other healthcare network advertising because it took the point of view of the organization versus the patient perspective. At risk in this area is that it was seen as too company-centric, lacking in a compelling consumer benefit, too clinical and missing the very important

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    close, I cleaned windows so the crew can see the dull nothingness that hyperspace displayed. Even as a janitor, I knew it was hard to even be on this mission, though it isn’t much of a mission if all I’m doing is organizing the storage room no one uses. The test that determined whether or not one deserves to be placed in this mission decided to down me to a janitor, although I still don’t

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    after 1st and 2nd lunch? Our janitors and other faculty staff have to pick up after us, high schoolers, who know to pick up after ourselves. I have second lunch, and first lunch in my opinion is the messiest (others might think differently). There is an hour in between each lunch and janitors have exactly an hour to clean the cafeteria premises. Our cafeterias are the first thing people see once they walk in our school, and it should be kept clean at all times. The janitors do their part in keeping

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    strong foundation. If we have to grow and expand, our code of ethics has to be stronger. Every employee, from janitor to the CEO, must adopt our code of ethics, and I expected to everyone to comply with the rules. Our responsibility is to behave ethically and be a role model to our community. • 1 Respect for all people In our company, it is a moral obligation to respect everyone from Janitor to CEO independent of their age, race, and ethnicity. We must treat everyone with the same level of respect

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