AR A Worker Fired After Complaints
I ? Employees hold
second meeting
with management t
By MARK R. MOSS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Following allegations of dis
crimination by employees of a
cleaning and food service company,
one white employee has been fired
and company officials from Atlanta
and Philadelphia met with local
employees this week, company offi
cials said.
Tom McCoy, an assistant man
ager, was fired from ARA/ESI Ser
vices shortly after employees met
with officials earlier this month at
the company's Winston-Salem
offices on North Point Boulevard.
David Flaherty, director of pub
lic affairs at the company's Philadel
phia headquarters, said McCoy had
been forced to resign. He would not
say why.
"It is not in keeping with per:
sonnel policy to get into why people
leave the company." he said.
McCoy did not return several
messages left at his Burlington
home.
About a dozen current and for
mer employees of the international
company, which employs about 670
people in Forsyth County, held a
news conference on May 5 at
Emmanuel Baptist Church to air
their complaints against manage
ment and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company, which contracts out to
ARA its housekeeping chores.
Most of those at the news con
ference were vociferous in their
complaints about the company's
management. They told stories
about being terminated for no rea
son. 3-cent-an-hour raises, insurance
benefits that are too costly, being
overlooked for promotions, raises
that are given and then taken away a
week later and racist remarks made
to them.
"McCoy was one of those who
was making the racial comments,"
said Paul Gwyn, an ARA assistant
manager. "But we're still having
problems" with another manager, he
said.
"I can't say we re particularly
overjoyed with the meeting/ said
Shirley Porter, another assistant
manager. "But they did promise to
consider our grievances."
Gwyn said that those issues
raised at the news conference were
also raised at the meeting with man
agement.
Porter said that one of the
changes that resulted from the meet
ing was the introduction of job post
ing, but "we've yet to get written job
descriptions with salary ranges."
The subject of benefits was also
broached, but Gwyn said the
employees were still waiting to hear
what the company has to offer.
"One of the concerns raised,"
Flaherty said, "was lack of commu
nication. We want to try to foster
better communication with people."
Flaherty confirmed that the com
pany recently started posting job
openings, and added that another
result of their complaints was that
management will meet with the
employees on a monthly basis.
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Eddie Easly, (left) president of Alpha Pi Lamda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. of Winston-Salem,
congratulates Tori Vaughns for her science project. Lowden Anderson (right) Chairman of the committee.
Student Wins Sorority Science Award
Tori Vaughns gave a presenta
tioii of her science fftir project,
"Wilt- 'Ktffaist Effective Substance
Used to Clean Teeth," at Les
Arbres Club at the May meeting of
the Alpha Pi Lambda^Qiapter of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and
the Alphabettes on May 16.
Vaughns is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie Vaughns. She is a
IOth-grader at North Forsyth High
School and an honor student with a
3.90 grade point average. She was
recently inducted into the National
Honor Society and the Future Busi
ness Leaders of America. She is a
member of the track and field team
at North Forsyth and qualified for
the Regional Trials held in Chapel
Hill on May 21.
She was a participant in two
events, the 400 meters and 4x4
relay.
Minister Conference Extends Deadline
The Ministers' Conference of
Winston-Salem and Vicinity ijf
extending the deadline for its Marti#
Luther King Jr. Memorial Seed
Scholarship until June 4. Several
$1,000 scholarships are available
for 1993 high school graduates who
are enrolling in a historically black
college or university.
?Scholarship applications caiTbe
obtained from and returned to Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, located on
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and
- St. John C.M.E. Church, located on
Crawford Place
The Rev. Serenus T. Churn Ts
scholarship chair. The Rev. Ronald
P. Davis is conference president.
Starting Out Achieving
the only black practicing lawyer in
the district and, for a while, the sole
woman in the district attorney's
office.
"It was a lot of experience in
a very short period of time," she
-said
She learned impromptu case
evaluation, how to interview wit
nesses and came to adore talking to
juries, keeping them involved
through body antics and the rise and
fall of her clear voice.
It was experience she'd need.
With three years left on his
term, District Judge Jack Hooks
was- leaving to replace a retiring
superior court judge. The district
Bar Association gathered to nomi
nate three candidates for Hunt to
consider.
Of 82 votes cast in the
Brunswick County Courthouse on
April 16, Lewis won 77.
On May ft. Lewis inter
viewed with the governor's general
counsel, and, four days later, with
the governor himself. Their meeting
lasted 20 minutes. Hunt asked for
her views on crime control, women
and children issues. Then he asked
her to become a judge.
Lewis wanted to shout.
Instead, she told the governor: "I've
cot . q -idmother who's 102. She's
seer a lot of things in her life, but
Fatal Illness Halts Dream
well for the conditions he has been
under ? watching his son die."
Hyatt said the elder Munoz
stayed with her, despite the lan
guage barrier. The doctors and
nurses at Baptist made sure he was
comfortable and that there were
translators daily.
Betsy Silva, secretary of
the Hispanic League of the Pied
mont Triad and who served as the
translator, said it was difficult for
Ramiro Munoz to grieve with oth
ers. "He has faced a lot of anxiety (
because he came here without his
family," she said.
Hyatt said although a trans
lator was needed. Hyatt was able to
feel a closeness to Ramiro Munoz.
"Human kindness tran
scends all barriers," she said. "He
taught us about his culture, and his
grief which is important when you
have a critically ill family member.
It's going to be hard saying good
bye."
Hyatt said she realizes the
Munoz's are a proud people, but one
evening sadness overcame Ramiro.
"I saw him with his head down and
'asked him if he was sad and he said
'yes.' And I say to him 'It's going to
be OK.' He looked up at me and
said, 'Why are y'all being so good to
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this is the first time she's seen a
judge ig her family."
"Well, call your grandmother
first, then," Hunt said.
To take the bench immedi
ately. she was sworn in the next-day
with little-fanfare, in blue jeans.
When she ordered her robe ? a 52
inch crepe drape for $152.40 at S&J
Gospel Shop in downtown Fayet
teville ? she couldn't resist confid
ing to the salesclerks, "I am a
judge!"
Although her official swear
ing-in was this week, Lewis took
the bench last Monday.
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me?' Betsy said this is God's work
and told him to remain humble.
It really hasn't been hard
caring for him. In the sorrow there
has been a lot of joy," Hyatt said.
Ramiro Munoz wanted the
funeral to take place in Mexico so
his family can see his son's body for
the last time.
Through a fund raiser Sunday
at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic
Church, more than S3. 500 was
raised to send Ramiro Munoz and
his son's body back to Mexico.
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