WSA Member Update 4.1.16

• Millennium Sweeping challenged other WSA Members to match its $1000 donation to the WSA Memorial Scholarship Fund. • Link to scholarship info to provide to your employees. • Warning about reports Ferrandino is not paying its bills timely. • Reminder that OSHA is cracking down on misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Link to info on OSHA website. • Reminder to send in sizes of tires you want us to get a quote on from Costco. • Congrats to CAM South for its recent write-up in PAVEMENT Magazine.

WSA Member Update 3.15.16

Topics in this Update include: • Info from a WSA Member who said USM is now requiring background checks for their employees sweeping Home Depot. • Request for tire sizes Members might want to purchase in 20-tire Bridgestone lots to be able to purchase from Costco for the company’s cost. • Info about Brightview’s initiative to investigate setting up a purchasing co-op for contractors for regular use items. • Razor Tracking GPS now offers a $50 gift certificate to any WSA Member signing up with them. • Info about the @15% discount WSA Members now have with Aqua Patch on that company’s products.

WSA Member Update 3.1.16

• Mark Herbick’s NPE seminar video on buying and selling a business is now online. • Walmarts have increased their sweeping frequency and a reminder not to contact store managers directly. • We have added SuperiorRoads Solutions (and Sweeprite) as a WSA Member benefit for parts with a 15% price reduction. • We added a GPS section to the website, as well as a new page that contains GPS systems current WSA Members like and use.

WSA Member Update 2.15.16

• Discussion of WalMart not changing from 3x/4x/week to 6x/7x/week as previously noticed to contractors. • Info about National Maintenance Systems’ contract that offers negative contractor clauses • Reminder that for our 20% discount from Elgin a commitment for buying all Elgin sweeper-specific parts from Elgin Parts is requested. • Link to webinar on Preventing Slips and Falls • WSA Member request to see if anyone has a phone app for scheduling and in-truck reporting • Link to Safety First! tip for the month as well as John Meola’s 2016 NPE video • Link to info about the Affordable Care Act tax forms employees will be getting from IRS and how to provide notice to them about the forms and their importance

WSA Member Update 2.1.16

2016 Award of Excellence in Power Sweeping winner announced. Videos out soon from WSA-sponsored NPE conferences. Link to what property managers might want to consider when they have cracks in a building sidewall. Link to article where WSA Members are interviewed about their experiences with NiteHawk LPG/gas-fueled sweepers.

WSA Member Update 1.15.16

• Offers a link to “Six New Year’s Resolutions for Employers,” which offers some very sensible advice about how to interact with your employees to get more productivity and longevity from them. • Preview link to story about the Maharaja’s Rolls Royce street sweepers, which shows, among other things, what can happen when employees pre-judge their potential clients. • Link to how to make ‘wordles.’ • Safety info from John Meola, plus a link from him that shows ice coming off a vehicle and breaking the window of car behind. • New safety info from Keep Trucking Safe and now posted on the WSA site.