ι a \ i υι SE? 2 b rjdC rucujyc ûDrary of Chu-rl&tt* 31· «. Tryon St, r„} .i.C, YOUR BEST ADVERTISING MEDIA IN THE LUCRATIVE BLACK MARKET CALL 376-04% THE CHARLOTTE aroto by James Peeler) BISHOP WALTER MCCOLLOUGH .«.Delivers epitaph Elder Wilkinson Dies: Baptizing, Band Parade Highlight Convocation ι ne second aay of the United House of Prayer's Convocation brought many members, choirs and bands from various states. Their intended plan was to arrive on the weekend, but the funeral of Elder C. L. Wilk* on, the first North Carolina senior minister, appointed by Bishop McCollough, was held Mon day, September 22, at the House of Prayer, 2321 Beat ties Ford Rd. Bishop W. McCollough delivered the eulogy. Elder Wilkinson pastored in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and re cently at the Beatties Ford Rd. sanctuary here in Charlotte, and Newport News, Vrginia. Elder Wilkinson was ex tremely active during his years as pastor. In addi tion to an Elder's duties he was also a member of the General Council, appointed Judge of the General Coun Elder C. L. Wilkinson I ...An outstanding leader cil, and participated in ■ various other dimensions of the United House of Prayer. ι Survivors include his wife, Mrs. C. L. Wilkinson, i and son Claude Wilkinson i Jr. I The Convocation con ■ tinues despite the lose of a [National Family Sex Week Win Β Planned Parenthood of Greater Charlotte is cele irating National Family >ex Education Week, Octo >er 5-11, by holding a work hop for parents and teen igers on human sexuality. Research shows girls vho have an open relation hip with their parents are ess likely to become preg lant than girls who cannot alk wTOi their parents, iccording to Lorena Page, he workshop coordinator, iset for October 10-12 at le Park Road YWCA, the Orkshop is open to boys nd girls ages 11-14 and one r both parents. Fees range om $20-150 depending pon weekly iamily in >me «BSX & sPQjf, REMEMBER when the ly PAYCHECK deduct· ι was the one slipped out r a BEER on the way me from work? ι * e Celebrated This workshop is de signed to enhance com munication between teens and their parents and peers. Postal Workers Will Celebrate 67 Years Of Progressive Unionism By Eileen Hanson Special To The Poet Charlotte postal workers will celebrate 67 years of progressive black union ism on Saturday, October 4. The National Alliance of Postal and Federal Em ploye» ( NAPFF. ) will hold its annual Awareness Week Dinner at the Park Road SAW (Park Rd and Wood lawn) beginning at S p.m. City Councilman Ron beeper (Diet. 3) will be the featured speaker. Also on the program will be George Lacy, NAPFE attorney from New York; Oren McCullough giving the Al liance's history; and Con nie Berry giving the wel come. Freddie Dewalt will serve as toastmaster The national theme for this year's Awareness ι Ron Leeper .. guest speaker Week will be "The Sands of Time: A Look at NAPFE's Roots," with a special focus on the contributions of the Alliance's oldest members and retirees to black unionism. Dinner reservations are due Monday, September 29, by calling Tom Thompson, 523-3384 or Dewalt, 523 9197, 527-2946 Tickets are $10. The Alliance claims 126, 000 members in 127 locals throughout the United States and the Virgin lalands. According to Dewalt, some 130 Charlotte postal workers are mem bers. The Alliance was found ed in 1913 when 35 black railway mail clerks met in Chattanooga, Tn., to form a union to prevent the elimination of blacks from the railway mail service For 67 years the union has continued to fight against discrimination of all kinds in federal employment and in the community at-large In 1923, unlike many old line craft unions, the Alliance opened its doors to any postal worker seeking membership It has kept those door open to all eli gible persons, regardless of race, sex, creed or religion As early as 1914, NAPFE worked to eradicate the discriminating practice of identifying photographs re quired for civil service exams, a battle it finally won 26 years later At the close of World War fl, the Alliance vigorously sup ported equal status, bene fits and protection for wo men in the postal service. In perhaps the most courageous moment of its history, the Alliance stead tastly stood t>y its members accused of Communist see POSTAL on Page 2 wen-Known and loved Elder. Thursday, Septem ber 25, the young people of the state will perform and deliver salutes to Bishop McCollough. On Saturday, September 27, special salutes to the Bishop will continue. A multitude of churches from various states will parti cipate. Preaching and sing ing in celebration of Bishop McCollough's 20 years of outstanding leadership will occur. Citations from mayors of different cities, the governor, and the City Council will be presented to Bishop McCollough also. Earlier Saturday after noon at 2 p.m. a softball game will be played at West Charlotte Senior High School. Baptismal Services will be held at the House of Prayer, 2321 Beatties Ford Rd., Sunday, September 28, at 11 a.m. and a band exhibition, including bands from a number of states will follow at 2 p.m. In the past 20 years, under the leadership of Bishop McCollough, the House of Prayer has grown in number, adding 70 churches and more mem bers To date there are over 4 million members, 4,500 locally. Employers Urged To Seek Alternatives To Layoffs Competenc} Tests Await Our Student Mecklenburg County stu dents will be takine the state's competency test on September 30 and October 4 at each senior high school. Students are re quired to meet minimum competency standards in basic skills to receive a high school diploma. Tenth graders will take diagnostic tests while 11th grade students take the competency test and the 12th graders who failed the competency test at pre vious attempts will take it again. Most tests will be given in the morning with read ing in the first three hour block on September 30 and math on Octoher 4. Make-up tests for stu dents who missed school on these two days will be held October 2-8, depending on which school the student attends. ι ne lesung is a resuil ai 1977 legislation passed by the General Assembly to make sure high school graduates possess the skills and knowledge ne cessary to function suc cessfully in society. The program is intended to identify strengths and weaknesses in the educa tion process and make the education system account able to the public for results. State Competency Test results for last spring's session showed that 71,795 North Carolina seniors < class of 1980) took the test. Of the seniors, some 70,814 <98.6 percent ι successfully passed the reading portion; 70,565 (98.3 percent > passed the math portion. Some 981 (1.4 percent) of the senior class did not pass the reading portion; 1,230 (1.7 percent) did not pass the math test. These students continued to work in re mediation programs and had an additional oppor tunity to pass the test the last month of school. The class of 1980 was the first elass issued grad uation certificates rather than diplomas to those fail ing the test. STUDIOUS BRENDA McKOY ...Wake Forest University senior Brenda McKoy Is Beauty Of Week By Teresa Burns Post Slaff Writer While most people shy away from the difficult ma jors in universities, our beauty, Brenda McKoy. de cided to plunge into a sub ject she believed to be a challenge. "I decided to major in mathematics. It's one of the few challenges I've had. It's not something to iust memorize and repeat - it's something you have to understand and I enjoy it," she remarked Now a senior at Wake Forest University, Ms McKoy has had time to narrow her future down to two paths "I will either continue in graduate school or enter the business world in accounting." But for the present she is actively involved in Wake Forest's Student Govern ment, Poetry Reading. Afro-American Society, and Intramural Sports where she plays softball and volleyball Our beauty is energetic mentally as well as phy sically She doesn't have much lime to watch tele vision · she is busy reading or exploring another mu seum. One of her loves is art. She even draws a bit herself It seems she believes in the old saying 'sound body, sound mind' and makes sure she keeps physically fit, by dancing and jogging in addition to her intra mural sport activities at the university. Ms. McKoy has lived in Charlotte for 20 of her 21 years. She was born in I^aurenburg, N.C. She at tended Myers Park Senior High School graduating in 1!»77, and is a member of Faith CM Ε Church. Mr and Mrs James McKoy are her parents "My mother is my favor ite person," Ms McKoy began, "She's done a great job and everyone is doing well because of her " Characteristic ol a Gemini, Ms. McKoy wishes for more harmony. "I would like to see everyone work toward removing some of the racial and sexual discrimination that still exists The laws and regulations are not always enforced - they exist but they are subtle It is there V.IMi Ot/IIIVVMIIIg IICCUA HI l/c done." she commented You'll never find our beauty sitting around idle "Enjoy each day to the fullest," she advises, "Life is too short to waste one moment. There are too many wonderful things to do to be bored." Court Pushes Unemployment Benefits Bark RALEIGH · The State Employment Security Commission last week said a recent U S District Court ruling has pushed the ef fective date for extended unemployment benefits back to July 20 from Au gust 24 Individuals who qualify for extended payments will receive checks for 50 per cent longer than under their original entitlement Special Attention Focused On "Workshariiiif* Special To The Post WASHINGTON -· The U S. Equal Employment Op portunity Commission (EEOC) issued a policy statement published Mon day for comment in the Federal Register urging employers and labor unions to make serious voluntary efforts to find alternatives to layoffs that may have a disproportion ately harsh impact on minorities, women and older workers during re cessionary periods In suggesting alterna tives to layoffs that may be used by employers, the Commission focused spe cial attention on ••work sharing," where the work week is usually reduced to four days, and indicated that unemployment insur ance has been used to subsidize this arrange ment The Commission saic! that it is greath concerned that the routine usti.ol •'layoffs on a last hired, lirst fired basis thai usually has an adverse wiicti «m minorities, women and older workers may eradicate man) recent affirmative gains made in the workplace. In its statement, the commission asked employ ers, who have developed "sensitivity and mechan isms" to avoid discrimina tory layoffs, and others familiar with the problem to submit comments and information for the EEOC's consideration The Commission noted that almost one-third of all union contracts provide tor worksharing as an alter native to layoffs It said that this alternative becomes particularl> at tractive where state law. as in California, allows the payment of unempUn ment insurance to workers who work a partial workweek For example, if an employ er has to reduce its normal workforce by one fifth, (!><· California law permit* affected workers to work four days each week and collect unemployment in surance benefits for one day layoff each week The Commission urged employ ers and unions to >eek similar modifications to unemployment insurance laws through their own state legislatures in order to make worksharing an attractive alternative The Commission also urged governors and state legislators to make the minor changes in state unemployment compensa tion laws that would allow unemployment insurance to be used to subsidize shortened workweeks to re duce unemployment The Commission warned of potential liability em· nlmiAvx ··*«»■ ·' r—J ■·—/ ■"vv ·· ···»/ routinely resort to layoffs "Even where a partxuiiai layoff may not be violative of Title VII, an employer may find itself vulnerable to private litigation or enforcement by the EEOC or other governmental agencies, such as the Office of Federal Contract Com pliance Programs, at a later date when the employer is in a new hiring phase The employer may then be confronted with a situation where it has to institute or reinsJ'tiite I Urinative action plans t>e cause its earlier . to correct pas! discrii:.ii..ttii n were largely null ι i «· intervening la> <»tis There also are -ubs ίί tial incentives tor empi· ■ ers to consider ,i!ti ι iutt ι ν ·■> to layoffs, the Com miss · >ii said As the eeono.ny ias become increasing!; de pendent on tochno' "' · cost of training '«··.·. employees has becon .· a much greater part <>l the employers' investmei!. compared to prior jji ; I when the econom> ..!·> dominated by unskilled -.t.-· semi skilled manufactur ing jobs and worker» When an employer lays oil a worker today th»* · i.i plover often loses 'he considerable investment that an experiem ed and trained \\orkfor< ι repre sents Therefore, u. today'· e'.-wmy it is to th·· ••n·. *plo.ers advantage to exploit· aiiernitive m. .1 01 reducing lal·· .· '.-is îich to the ■ < a · ν. λι«κι μυ;>.- vu;»; laying < il w■ >rk«-i - The HKuC sa:') ι Mû· then* are »ub>:antial centives i >r labor organ izations a «ell Some alternative appr<>aihes would resuit m moM λ »rk ers. not oni· the η ·ιι<>:.;>· and female worker χ· ι·ρ ing their jobs and Km> at fording protection against lay Ms to all union members generally K< r example. if wurksharing were the selected alterna tive. greater jot) security would also be afforded to the less senior whi'e work ers who might otherwise be subject to being !..:d off fa Boh Walton l