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Document ID (ISN)112107
CIS number 11-0820
ISSN - Serial title 1994-4446 - Hesamag
Year 2010
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Scandella F., Chulvi Ferriols B., Grégoire D., Heuts P.
Title Cleaning up: Workers under pressure
Original title Nettoyage: des travailleurs sous haute pression [in French]
Bibliographic information 2nd half 2010, No.2, p.10-35. Illus.
Abstract Topics addressed in this collection of articles on the working conditions in the cleaning sector: growing employment across Europe; poor state of health of cleaning workers; findings of a survey on musculoskeletal disease in a region of France; conditions of employment; low social respect for the occupation; growing unionization of cleaning workers.
Descriptors (primary) Europe; conditions of work; state of health; domestic and related helpers, cleaners; social aspects
Descriptors (secondary) cleaning agents; musculoskeletal diseases; role of workers' organizations; terms of employment
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Cleaning work