Company Profile
Updated: 17-SEP-09Wackenhut Corp.
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4200 Wackenhut Dr., Ste. 100, West Palm Beach, FL 33410-4242, United States
(800)922-6488, (561)622-5656, (561)627-2041 fax, http://www.wackenhut.com
Primary SIC: Detective Guard & Armored Car Services, Primary NAICS: Security Guards and Patrol Services
Description: Services: Provider of security guard and food services to correctional facilities and temporary staffing and recruiting. More
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U.S. District Court, Western District of N.Y. Case Summaries: September 28, 2009
Daily Record (Rochester, NY); 9/28/2009; 1780 words; ...York Labor Law Preliminary Job Duties Albrecht v. The Wackenhut Corp. 07-CV-6162 Judge Telesca Background: The plaintiffs...present and former employees of the defendant, The Wackenhut Corp., who are or were employed as security guards at...
Police work put to use; Guard recalls shooting at Holocaust museum.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: SUBURBIA)
The Washington Times (Washington, DC); 9/22/2009; 1555 words; ...Weeks, 50, went back to work - this time for the Wackenhut Corp. security company. He was assigned as a guard at the...Police officers. Mr. Weeks had been on the job with Wackenhut for 45 days when the unexpected happened. It was still...
Airline to resume flights cut in dispute
Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 7/10/2009; 814 words; ...Pacific Wings and state-contracted Wackenhut Corp. He also alleged one of his employees was assaulted by Wackenhut guards. A month later, state transportation officials banned a Wackenhut guard from working in any state facility...
Valencia firm not guarded about its growth: Andrews' acquisition beefs up U.S., Mexico presence.(SECURITY)(Andrews International Inc. acquired Garda World Security Corp.)
Los Angeles Business Journal; 6/15/2009; 1514 words; ...the U.S. and Mexican operations of Garda World Security Corp., based in Montreal. Andrews financed the deal with backing...the hands of two companies," Andrews said. "G4S bought Wackenhut, and Securitas has Pinkerton and Bums. We can compete because...
The Shooting at the Holocaust Museum
The Washington Post; 6/12/2009; 542 words; ...even more fitting honor would be for the museum to buy protective vests for its surviving guards, whose employer, Wackenhut Corp., was apparently too indifferent to its employees' safety to do so when their union requested them. MARA SEAFOREST...
Wackenhut tries to make everyone feel safe. The company offers security to all its customers. Wackenhut also operates over 50 correctional facilities throughout the United States. The company hires out its security teams to different companies based on need - airport security, fire-rescue, investigation, etc. Wackenhut also offers food service and employee leasing. Revenue for 1998 neared $2 billion. Top competitors include Burns International and Pinkerton's.
Recent News Articles
- Contract renewed: Wackenhut Corp.(NEWS OF THE WEEK)
Los Angeles Business Journal - August 11, 2008 - Security company fighting city hall: Wackenhut Corp. cites undue influence of unions.(LABOR)
Los Angeles Business Journal - July 28, 2008 - Nuclear insecurity.(FORE FRONT)(security guards from Wackenhut Corp. caught while sleeping at night)
Risk Management - March 01, 2008 - A Statement by the Wackenhut Corporation - September 24, 2007.
PR Newswire - September 25, 2007
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