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'Hotel staff walks & Thursday, March 17, 1988 Winstoa-Salem Oiraiick Page A3 From Page A1 Hillman said that the Quality [nn payroll schedule had to be :^nged because all Tri-Property- jwned businesses pay on a bi- . veekly time scale. Itj ' "The rest of the companies jjj^eceive their payroll on a bi-week- ***y basis," Hillman said. "To try to ■IH'My one of them weekly when the ^sl are bi-weekly would throw :terything off." : Quality Inn Triad Plaza has ixperienced several changes in nanagement within the last four ■*->flonlhs. The hotel was orignally )wned by the AGA Corporation rom Richmond, Virginia. The ^^GA sold the establishment in 'November to Lawrence Pinto, who r l)wns another hotel in Wilkesboro. Pinto sold it back to the AGA in I anuary, who then sold it to Tri- *rpperties. h|a| Martin, who had been "'imployed at Quality Inn for 14 to nonths, also disagrees with the ilher changes and said the only esult would be fewer workers equired to do the work of many in I lesser amount of time. "They cut the number of house . naids from 14 to seven," Martin M Vi aid. "That hotel is made up of two tuildings which total 184 rooms. There is no way seven maids can ake care of that by themselves." But Hillman believes that the guests and the hotel can be ade quately taken care of with the number that they have. "There's just not enough work to do,” Hillman said. "This hotel has been running less than 15 per cent occupancy since we came. It doesn't take even seven maids to handle the rooms that are being used." Hillman also said that the hotel did not need every maid to work every day and therefore had to release a few of them. "There were 14 maids on the payroll but 14 maids don't work every day," Hillman said. "We’ve cut the number of maids on the payroll to fit exactly what we need. Dorothy Edwards, the laundry room attendant, is one of the few that will feel the impact of the changes. "If there are less than 35 rooms occupied, I only work about two hours every few days," Edwards said. "The linen will pile up until its time to be cleaned." Martin, who worked eight hours daily prior to the change in management, was also expected to do her job in four hours each day. "I have to check the rooms, check the grounds, and keep up with the others with less amount of iicsl iCitizins"speak" From Page A1 — adequate nighttime police protec- llgion in the Salem Lake area for liomes and businesses. Chief Sweat said that he could anange For more frequent patrols in that area, but the officers would not be f able to stay for a long period of - lime. "We have officers assigned to specific areas, which keep them ■ujconsiantly moving," Sweat said. " T'bur department does everything it I can, but our officers cannot be everywhere at the same time." ^ Thej»nsmjction of jifiewalks aibng Reynolds Park Road' Was another major issue. Local resi- lents are concerned about the safe- y of children who get off school jtdong the road, which has a 5 mile per hour speed limit. Womble said that funds to Idj^dewalks have been appro- and approved by the Board t- of Aldermen. The construction will be along Reynolds Park Road, from Winston-Salem State Univer sity to Butler Street. But residents believe the sidewalks should come from the other direction -- from the Park View Shopping Center to Reynolds Park Recreation Center. "School buses let children off around that area and they have to walk up that road with cars speed ing at them, " said Cheryl Size more. "A lot of the kids live on that end of the road anyway and like to visit the recreation center. I think it would be best to bring it from Park View towards Winston- Salem State. It would be a lot safer for the children." Other concerns addressed were substandard housing, fire pre vention, street maintenance, and Please see page A7 illllNIIItlinillHIIIIIIIIIIIIIItlllllllllllllHIIIt time to do it, " Martin said. "It takes more time for us to do our jobs than what they are allowing.” Quality Inn has a few workers remaining and has already replaced some of the desk people and housekeepers that walked out. 'We have the people to take care of things now and we'll con tinue to have them,” Hillman said. "I’m sorry some of them left, but we’ll still continue on if they stay away." Who said salt-free has to be bland? Add NoSalt to your life. Regular &Se3scnec Instead of salt. 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