SATURDAY, CECEKZQ! If. 1S32-THE CAXSUXA TlltrS
NAACP And BI-10 1 .R0aeh'; Fair Share : Agreement
GREENVILLE, S C. j
; .NAACP ; Executive j.
Director Benjamin 'L, .
Hooks praised the presi-
. dent 'and top officers of I
the BI-LO corporation ?
ftjr their sincere . par
ticipation in negotia- .
tions with; the NAACP
that led to the signing of
a promising . fair share
agreement on December .
8. "This V represents a
voluntary agreement en
thusiastically entered in
to to deal with that per
sistant problem of black
unemployment , in the
community," he explain
ed to reporters in a news
conference at BI-LO 's
headquarters.
Hooks noted that not
only has unemployment
reached , "the
astronomical figure of 12
milliorf,,' or 1&8 per
cent, but that among
blacks the rate is.20.4 per
cent. Furthermore, he
said, some economists
estimate the true black
jobless, rate, as being 25
per ceijt, a rate, he said,
which approaches the
level of the Great
Depression in 1933.
The NAACP, Hooks
said, is also very con
cerned about blacks
youths, more than 50 peri
cem oi wnom nave no
jobs. "So we compli
ment this company.
which has 'taken the lead :
in , working out a;
substantive . agreement'
with the. NAACP." " ;
' Other -grocery chains i
with whom the NAACP f
is negotiating fair share1
agreements are Winn-'
" Dixie, ' Harris Teeter,
Food Town and Piggly
Wiggly, all in the
NAACP's southeast
region.
- Lawson Saul, presi-j
dent of BI-LO, Inc., was .,
equally enthusiastically l
about the agreement. He !
explained that negotia-l
tions were entered into
with the NAACP, "not f
as adversaries but as
friends.' Negotiations,;
he said, were cordial and;
productive. "We con-;
sider this undertaking to !
be a business undertak
ing,' he said. !
As a Jesuit'; of the,
agreement, he said, the ;
BI-LO chain planned to i
add more than 300 black
workers to the 1,000
presently employed in (
147 stores, primarily in '
North and South!
Carolina and Georgia, as
well as in Tennessee.
Saul challenged other ,
supermarkets to "follow
BI-LO's example."
The agreement was j
signed by both Saul and I
Hooks. Also signing for
BI-LO was Jan T.
Gillespie, director of
human resources. Addi
tional signators for the '
NAACP were Dr. W.F.
Gibson, chairman of the
Regional Caucus and j
president of South !
Carolina NAACP State
Conference, Kelly Alex
ander, Sr., president of -the
North Carolina
NAACP State Con
ference, Robert
Flanagan; president of
the , Georgia NAACP
State Conference, Earl
Shinhoster, NAACP
regional director for
Tennessee, North'
Carolina, Georgia,'
Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi.
Witness to the agree
ment were Fred Rasheed,
NAACP Fair Share
director, Kelly Alex
ander, Jr., NAACP Na
tional Fair Share chair
man, Ms. Mary Robert
Thompson, director of
Distribution for BI-LO
and Ms. Miry Stone, BI-
LO community relations
manager.
Saul, in his statement,
listed the following ten
points of the agreement:
1. The formation of a
BI-LO. Consumer Ad
visory Council to which
the NAACP will
nominate candidates.
The Council will be in
place no later than June;
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1983.
. 2. An aggressive, con-
turning effort to recruit, ''
employ, and promote
qualified , , black
employees at all levels,
including. future
director-level positions.
3. The' recruitment of
'i qualified - black
smployee to fill the posi
tion of Manager of Per
sonnel ; Administration.
This position will be fill-
ed no later than June, ?
1983.
4. The identification,
training and promotion
of at least four addi
tional . black' store
managers in 1983; plus
eight additional black
store managers in 1984
and 1985. The goal is to
have a minimum of 12
new black store
managers in the BI-LO.
organization by the end
of 1985.
5. Develop and imple
ment an accelerated
training program con
centrating th minorities
from within present
operations, other food
store chains, and
through college Recruit
ment. The promotion of at
least 21 black, men and
women in managerial
positions throughout the
BI-LO organization by
the end of 1983. Further,
in 1984 and 1985, to pro
mote a minimum of 42
black employees to posi-
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TFADNTftdVIGNST' ttACK tEBDERSHIP PLAN ATf ST.
AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE Reverend, politician, educator, philosopher,
leader, civil rights activist, Walter Fauntroy addressed a Lyceum Series held at
Saint Augustine's College on last week. Chairman of the Congressional Black
Caucus, he signed the Black Leadership Family Plan for students, faculty, and
staff foDowing his speech. His topic of discussion was "The Black Leadership
Family Plan."
Philip Freelon Joins Architectural
Engineering Firm
Philip G. Freelon,
AIA, has joined the
Durham-Chapel Hill ar
chitecturalengineering '
firm of O'BrienAtkins
Associates, P.A.
Freelon received his.
Bachelor oi En
vironmental Design
degree with honors from
North Carolina State
University and his
.Master of Architecture
"degree " fron.1
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
; Prior to joining
O'BrienAtkins, Freelon
served as an associate
and project designer with
the architec
turalengineering firm of
3D International,
Houston, Texas. He
served as project
designer on the Transco
Tower Renovation,
Houston, Texas; the
Housing. Scheme for
Yanbu industrial City,
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia;
and the Singapore Urban
r 1 t a .-.i
Kcucvciopmcm Auinon-
ty Condominiums.
, Since joining
O'Brien Atkins, he has
assumed responsibility as ,
project designer for a
prototype banking facili
ty for Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company and
the Bantist Retirement
Village Complex in
Durham.
He, his wife, Nina,
and children Dean and.
Maya, will reside at 214
!W. trinity Avenue.
O'BrienAtkins is a
thirty-person, full
service organization of
architects, engineers, in
terior , designers and
planners offering com-;
prenensive services to
clients throughout North
Carolina and the region.
Recent projects designed
by the 'firm include;
Hotel Europa, Chapel
Hill; Microelectronics
Center of North
Carolina, ' Research
Triangle Park; R.J.
Reynolds Forest Aviary,
N.C. Zoological Park,
Asheboro; Glaxo HeacU
quarters Building,
Research Triangle Park;
Renovations at the
North Carolina School
of Science and
Mathematics, Durham;
new Terminal A
Building, RDU Airport,
Raleigh; Tropical Telco
Credit Union, Miami,
Florida; and numerous
Wachovia ,Bank and
Trust Company projects
statewide..
Institute Of Govt.
Offers Summer
Internships
CM
1APEL HILL -
Sophomores, . juniors
and seniors currently
enrolled in a North
Carolina college or
North Carolina residents
attending an out-of-state
college . have until
February to apply for the
Summer Internship Pro
gram in state govern
ment sponsored by the
Institute of Government
at the University of
North . Carolina at.
Chapel Hill.
Twenty-three students
will be selected by an ad
visory committee to par
ticipate in a" living
learning internship in
North Carolina state
government directed by
the Institute of Govern
ment. The interns will
work .from May 31
through August 5.
Students will work 40
hours each week in a
responsible position in a
state department, par
ticipate in. evening educa
tional seminars and be
paid approximately $150
per week.
Students interested in
the program should
secure an information
brochure and a State of
North Carolina applica
tion form from their col
lege or university place
ment office or local job
service office. A brief
description of possible
internships is available in
college placement of
fices. Applications should
be mailed to: Institute of
Government, ; Knapp
Building 059A, Universi
ty of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,
N.C. 27514, by Feb. 11.
Applicants will be ac
cepted without respect to
race, sex, color, national
origin, religion or han
dicap. ,
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tions in the'se higher
categories. By the' end of
1985, black will occupy
at, least 63 of these
managerial positions. In
addition, Dr. Hooks,
Dr. Gibson, and I wish
io state that by the end
of 1983, BI-LO will have
increased by 300 the
number of entry level
positions filled by black
employees.
' 7. The purchase of
goods and services from
black-owned businesses.
To achieve our, goal of
$1.5 million annually;
BI-LO is developing new
minority vender policies
;md programs.
8. To meet with of
ficials of. minority
owned banks located in
BI-LO's operating area
to explore. the
possibilities of utilizing
their services!
9. To provide
engineering and financial
advice to black-firms in
terested in store develop
ment,, leasing, and land
purchase.
10. To establish
company poficy on con
tributions to assure that
25 per cent qX BI-LO'
activities are of direct
benefit to the black com
munity. '
BI-LO enters into this
understanding voluntari
ly, enthusiastically, and
with a firm commitment
to maintain its high stan
dards of employment,
service, and purchasing
as we carry out respon
sibilities in accordance
with the ten provisions.
rhese provisions . are
fair, reasonable, and of
benefit not only to BI
LO, the NAACP, andi
minority citizens, but
also the' citizenry at
large. In cooperation'
with the NAACP.. BI-LO
is determined to do what
is right and just. We con
sider this understanding
to be a sound business
undertaking. And we
look forward to working
harmoniously with the
NAACP for many years
to come.
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