The Emmy-nominated "Undercover Boss" takes company executives
and puts them, disguised, on the front lines of their organizations. Dina Dwyer-Owens, chairwoman and CEO
of franchise company the
Dwyer Group, will appear Jan. 22.
Called the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, the bill
would override a recent move by the National Labor Relations Board to speed up
union-organizing elections.
HVACR average distributor sales for October 2011 were up 3.4
percent from the same month last year, according to the Heating,
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International.
Citing U.S. Labor Department data, the figures
reflect improving apartment and private nonresidential construction activity,
but the market for public projects and single-family homes continue to struggle,
the association said.
Construction activity for new single-family
homes rose 3.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 430,000 units in
October, the U.S. Commerce Department reported.
Talbot Gee said the idea for the meeting came from the
Air Conditioning Contractors of America, which holds a similar,
contractor-focused event at its annual conference.
Single-family housing starts rose 3.9 percent to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of 430,000 units in October, according to the National
Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Commerce Department.
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