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So much to build and not enough builders. Governor Haley Barbour says rebuilding here is suffering because of a tremendous shortage of qualified construction workers. That's why on Monday the governor threw his support behind an initiative called "I'm GREAT." GREAT is an acronym for Gulf Rebuild: Education, Advancement and Training. The goal is to train 20,000 Gulf Coast residents from Texas to Mississippi in basic construction over the next three years. Once they get the skills, the students in a heating and air conditioning class at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College believe they'll have little trouble landing jobs. "I thought it would be a good opportunity," said William Tune. "The classes are free so you just come in get a good education that's real quick.
Q: Ed The Plumber: I never miss your column and read what you wrote a while ago that moving a toilet location on a concrete slab floor can be a big job! I want to relocate my toilet in a second floor bathroom. Is this also a big job? All I want to do is move it over just about a foot, so it's not that far. What do you think? - Rebecca, Virginia A: Well, Rebecca, when it comes to moving a toilet a foot it might just as well be 10 feet. A matter a fact, depending on the drain pipe layout, moving a toilet line an inch could be a big job! .
A German company that won a contract to deliver medical supplies for the NHS is facing the threat of industrial action in a row over workers' pay and staff cuts, the GMB union announced today. Five thousand members who work at delivery giant DHL at more than 100 locations across the UK will vote next month and could begin their first ever strike at the end of October. DHL is embroiled in a separate row with NHS staff at NHS Logistics, which supplies materials and equipment to hospitals across the country. .
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