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The U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 241-184 on March 1 passed the "Employee Free Choice" bill, which would amend the National Labor Relations Act by giving unions the right to achieve recognition solely through the “card-check” process, rather than through secret ballot.
Barbara Keil, president of Keil Heating and Air Conditioning, Riverdale, NJ, spoke to Women in HVACR members about her family's company and its 98 years in business. Women in HVACR
Encompass Services Corp. intends to retrench into a residential organization, according to the reorganization plan the company filed on March 5, 2003, with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
The original owners of Colonial Mechanical Corp. of Richmond, Va., and Webb Technologies of Norfolk, Va., bought those companies back from Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp.
The California Coalition for Affordable Housing, a coalition of consumer and business organizations dedicated to supporting affordable housing in the state, recently announced its support of the lawsuit filed against the California Building Standards Commission.
The California Department of Housing and Community Development has reversed its position on the use of corrugated stainless steel tubing as an approved gas piping material in the California Plumbing Code.
The impact of electronic commerce and the Internet on the plumbing industry was the subject of an IT forum conducted by the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute.