Dominoes Gets Free Publicity

Dominoes Gets Free Publicity from Economic and Political Mess

Dominoes Pizza is the only lucky winner with huge free name recognition the past few years of:

Financial Dominoes

NPMA and NRDC – Marriage of Pest Control and Environmental Groups – Reviewed

Last year the National Pest Management Association created in industry defined green standards certification called QualityPro Green (now GreenPro). This past spring of 2009, the NRDC (National Resource Defense Council) approached NPMA ( National Pest Management Association) with a request to conditionally join in the effort to create a better national green program. NPMA wisely found common ground with NRDC, listening and absorbing several of their concerns and designing a better green program under a newly marketed label – GreenPro. GreenPro will now have environmental advocates from outside the pest control industry sitting on its’ board of directors.

Leave Something On The Bone – Sick Pay, Benefits, Medical Coverage in the Pest Control Industry

Please accept my invitation to read my latest article, “Are We Ready to Lead?,” in Pest Management Professional (PMP) Magazine’s on-line edition. This month, I talk about the need for leadership in the industry that can bring together workers, managers and owners in a win-win strategy, starting with proper health care for workers and examining the larger benefits of better benefit packages.

Check out the employment page of Hearts Pest Management to see what we are doing to provide a package that employees can believe in.

PCOC Convention in Hawaii

Would anyone like to comment freely on the PCOC convention in Hawaii this year. There has been a lot of controversy about taking the California pest control convention out of the state.

Pest Control Operators of California (PCOC) Quarterly Meeting Sept 08

PCOC is again failing its’ membership.  They have chosen to convene in Hawaii in 2009. 

Does PCOC meet the needs of the industry in California

There are both good things and not so good things that go on in the industry.   I’ve seriously been thinking about setting up an organization separate from PCOC.