See Federation's 2. mould and allergens
3. broken glass
2. There must be a real inspection of how well the job was done. The current system is a farce.
compiled by Bronwyn Jackson from discussions
on the NSWTL listserv
| Issue: | Cleaners are now required to clean in an extremely limited time. Some jobs are done far too irregularly, and some jobs not at all. | |||
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| Situation: | Jobs not done include: cleaning windows, cleaning off sticky tape, and cleaning above head height. Whose jobs are these? | |||
| While every room in the school has cleaning problems, the library by its nature is a bigger problem. Every library has: | ||||
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shelves, which used to be cleaned, but not any more | |||
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books, which are the world’s greatest dustcatchers, and may be dusted once a year at stocktake, but probably not. | |||
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storage areas which vary enormously in ventilation and accessibility | |||
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carpet, which sees extraordinary use compared to the rest of the school, is not vacuumed daily, causing an accumulation of dust and dirt, but is shampooed no more than four times a year, and then ineffectually | |||
| Some extraordinary problems mentioned include: | ||||
| 1. bird droppings, rat droppings
2. mould and allergens 3. broken glass |
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| Quotes: | Some quotes from individuals: | |||
| “The carpet is badly stained – it is difficult to tell afterwards that the carpet has been shampooed” | ||||
| “My assistant cannot enter the store rooms. The mould, which is visible on the back of the door, as well as a smell in the air, is a hazard to her asthma” | ||||
| “I have been at this school for 12 years and cannot recall those louvres which run the entire length of one side of the library EVER being cleaned” | ||||
| “small slithers of glass are scattered throughout the library. The cleaner will vacuum up what she can see, but removing the books and cleaning them is my "job"” | ||||
| “Every term I end up needing antibiotics for sinus infections after handling all the books at the end of the term.” | ||||
| “Besides the sinus, I also get itches across my forearms & a fine rash comes up & then around my eyes gets itchy from finger contact” | ||||
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| Recommendation: | 1.1. Cleaners need to be given increased
time, with a list of jobs to do in that time.
2. There must be a real inspection of how well the job was done. The current system is a farce. |
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compiled by Bronwyn Jackson from discussions
on the NSWTL listserv
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