Some Seattle-area garbage workers have abandoned their routes in favor of picket lines, in a strike expected to affect about 1 million people in King and Snohomish counties.
City officials say they’re disappointed that the Teamsters union representing garbage workers and Waste Management Inc. weren’t able to reach agreement.
Appointment of operations and sales expert Ron Ritter signals continued growth for crisis and disaster response leader
CLEVELAND, April 19 /PRNewswire/ – Ohio-based AFIMAC has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Ron Ritter as its new manager of crisis and disaster response services. The new hire follows a year of continued growth for the crisis and disaster response solutions leader. He assumes the position effective immediately.
In his new role, Mr. Ritter will lead business development and customer relations, serving IMAC’s diverse business clients across America. This will include performing specialized security assessments of client sites and developing recommendations for security enhancements, applying the correct, measured IMAC approach. In addition, Mr. Ritter will be IMAC’s principal liaison with businesses and senior management when it comes to servicing clients and selling IMAC’s crisis and disaster response services.
Ohio-based AFIMAC has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Ron Ritter as its new manager of crisis and disaster response services. The new hire follows a year of continued growth for the crisis and disaster response solutions leader. He assumes the position effective immediately.
In his new role, Mr. Ritter will lead business development and customer relations, serving IMAC’s diverse business clients across America. This will include performing specialized security assessments of client sites and developing recommendations for security enhancements, applying the correct, measured IMAC approach. In addition, Mr. Ritter will be IMAC’s principal liaison with businesses and senior management when it comes to servicing clients and selling IMAC’s crisis and disaster response services.
“Ron is a remarkably accomplished professional in crisis response, sales and operations and will be an asset to our crisis management team,” says IMAC President Peter Martin. “With Ron’s rich experience, industry accomplishments and deep operational skills, IMAC will certainly strengthen its ability to serve its clients and keep their businesses in business.”
Mr. Ritter’s security background includes almost 20 years with Vance/APT, leading operations at diverse sites including public utilities, steel mills, coal and copper mines, product distribution centers and paper product manufacturers.
Mr. Ritter has also served as an Asset Protection Team (APT) instructor in the U.S. and Canada, and has held several State Department of Criminal Justice Services and Department of Public Safety trainer certificates. In addition, he has served in the United States Army with 10 years active and 11 years reserve military service. His military experience includes military police training and performance assigned to strategic nuclear weapons support aircraft as well as reactive and custodial duty at a NATO nuclear weapons storage facility.
“It’s a real honor to join the IMAC management team, considering the company’s leading position in this market… something my decades of experience in the industry has well prepared me for,” says Ritter. “I’m excited about this new opportunity to bring IMAC’s exceptional suite of crisis and disaster response services to more businesses across North America.”
About AFIMAC
For more than 25 years, International Management Assistance Corporation (IMAC) has offered elite security, risk management and business continuity services to image conscious companies across North America. IMAC has partnered with their clients to protect people and property both during times of crisis and regular business operations. The company also offers an assortment of pre-crisis planning and premium security solutions to businesses representing nearly every industry.
For further information: Peter Martin, IMAC, 1-800-554-IMAC (4622)
Thousands of unionized doormen and other apartment workers voted last night to authorize a strike later in the month, potentially leaving New Yorkers everywhere (or just on the Upper East Side) to sign for their own packages, pick up their own laundry and find other building workers to fall in love with. Though doormen in Brooklyn and Queens approved the measure earlier this week, workers in Manhattan approved the measure last night, authorizing a strike if negotiations can’t create a new four-year contract by 12:01 a.m. on April 21. Union 32 BJ president Mike Fishman said in a press release, “Today’s strike vote shows we’re determined to keep our city a place that working families can afford to call home.” The biggest issues are wages, health benefits, sick days and overtime, according to 1010Wins.
The giant hotel corporations that dominate this city’s top hotels may think they can hide behind the current economic crisis to force workers to accept a contract full of takeaways. But some 9,000 hotel workers and their union, Unite Here! Local 2, are saying loud and clear: “Think again!”
