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>mi>nmmmmtm "■»" •»em Inside Campus Briefs 2 Campus Safety 3 Classifieds 16 Features 10 Opinions 4 Personals 16 Sports 6 apBEi;:vSG:©^ mfe fflarafinfem In Opinions— Columnist Karin Garner speaks out regarding violence in the pro-life move-ment. See story on pageS. Volume72,Number21 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Thursday,March25,1993 VOt. 7i ARA workers in fight to unionize By SALLY THOMAS Staff Writer A group of between 100 to 130 ARA workers who provide dining services at UNCG have been cir-culating flyers which claim they deserve more "respect"from their employers and are trying to form a union to protect their rights as employees. ARAFood Services, headquar-tered in Philadelphia, Pa., is the company through which the Uni-versity contracts its dining ser-vices. "We've no other place to go ex-cept to another job like ARA, where salaries are low and ben-efits few, if any," the flyer says. "We're trying to better our-selves by getting benefits," said John Johnson, who has worked at the Caf for ten years. The workers say that they do not receive pension plans or high enough wages. According to the flyer, which appeals for student support, on Feb. 26 the Communication Workers of America (CWA) filed a petition with the National La-bor Relations Board on behalf of the workers, requesting a union election. The employees are being ad-vised by the CWA A hearing on the matter was held last week. One spokesman for ARA claimed that the legal process of establishing a union would be a waste of taxpayers' money. In response to employees' com-plaints of low wages, the com-pany says it feels it pays its em-ployees competitive wages, ac-cording to Harry Belinger, speak-ing on behalf of ARA. According toJohnson, however, workers receive araise ofbetween ten and 25 cents per year. The flyer claims that because ofsuch low wages, many of them cannot afford health care. SHKKI THOMAS/CarafeiiM Students take advantage of the recent warm weather by hanging out at the Plaza Fountain. The warm weather was a welcome change to the cold of the "Blizzard of93." At this point, the workers on campus are awaiting a decision from the Labor Board as to who has jurisdiction in this matter, the state or ARA A decision is expected around the first of April, at which time the workers will vote on whether or not to form a union. There are also no retirementor pension plans ibr non-manage-ment employees under the cur-rent system, the flyer says. The workers say that their wages are little more than $4.25 per hour in most cases, and that they cannot afford health care since most are single parents. "Most of us are single parents who are the sole supporters in a family," the flyer says. "A few of us have as much as 22 years of service andin mostjobs we would be looking toward retirement. But we can't because ARA doesn't of- See ARA, page S SHKKI THOMAS/ Cnltalu ARA employee Mary Sue Cornwall hands Sophomore Walter Burke his dinner. Many of the ARA employees at UNCG are fighting to establish a union in order to protect their rights. The group recently passed out flyers in the board cafeteria as an appeal for student support. Dr. Solow comments on Clinton's economic plan By MATTHEW BYRD Managing Editor One of the Clinton administration's most important steps in revitalizing the U.S. economy should be to ask exactly what unemployment rate we should aim for in the future, ac-cording to Dr. Robert M. Solow, a Nobel Prize-winning economist who lectured at UNCG Tuesday night "Mostconservative economists will tell you six percent. Areason-able economist will tell you five and a half percent," said Solow, not letting his audience forget that he is a supporter of the Clinton economic package. He stressed that too low an unem-ployment rate can accelerate in-flation rates. Soloes speech was part of the annual Kathleen P. Bryan lec-ture series and was titled, The Clinton Economic Strategy: How Low Can Unemployment Get?" Solow claimed that President Clinton's plan for the economy is not perfect, but would move the country in the right direc-tion. He said that he hoped his speech would help people see "where the uncertainties of eco-nomics lie." He compared Great Britain's unemployment situation to that ofthe United States. Hesaid that some economists in Britain be-lieve a good unemployment rate is around nineanda halfpercent, probably due to the fact that their Solow current rate is around ten per-cent. "I have afeeling thatacountry that has a certain unemployment rate for a long time gets used to it," he commented. Junior Christi Cook voiced someconcern forSplow's idea that unemployment should be kept as high as five and a half percent. "I would agree with him more if his unemployment rate was lower," said Cook, a communica-tions majorwhovotedfor Clinton. Solow also speculated on how successful he thought Clinton would be in convincingthe Ameri-can people to support his pro-gram through the next presiden-tial election. "He is not going to be able to campaign on achievements. Heis going to have to make people be- See Solow, page 3 -^
Object Description
Title | The Carolinian [March 25, 1993] |
Date | 1993-03-25 |
Editor/creator | Schwarzen, Christopher |
Subject headings |
University of North Carolina at Greensboro--Newspapers College student newspapers and periodicals-- North Carolina--Greensboro Student publications--North Carolina--Greensboro Student activities--North Carolina--History |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The March 25, 1993, issue of The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. |
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Original format | Newspapers |
Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Language | eng |
Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
Publication | The Carolinian |
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Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
Object ID | 1993-03-25-carolinian |
Date digitized | 2011 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries |
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Sponsor | Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation |
OCLC number | 871560445 |
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Title | Page 1 |
Full text | >mi>nmmmmtm "■»" •»em Inside Campus Briefs 2 Campus Safety 3 Classifieds 16 Features 10 Opinions 4 Personals 16 Sports 6 apBEi;:vSG:©^ mfe fflarafinfem In Opinions— Columnist Karin Garner speaks out regarding violence in the pro-life move-ment. See story on pageS. Volume72,Number21 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Thursday,March25,1993 VOt. 7i ARA workers in fight to unionize By SALLY THOMAS Staff Writer A group of between 100 to 130 ARA workers who provide dining services at UNCG have been cir-culating flyers which claim they deserve more "respect"from their employers and are trying to form a union to protect their rights as employees. ARAFood Services, headquar-tered in Philadelphia, Pa., is the company through which the Uni-versity contracts its dining ser-vices. "We've no other place to go ex-cept to another job like ARA, where salaries are low and ben-efits few, if any," the flyer says. "We're trying to better our-selves by getting benefits," said John Johnson, who has worked at the Caf for ten years. The workers say that they do not receive pension plans or high enough wages. According to the flyer, which appeals for student support, on Feb. 26 the Communication Workers of America (CWA) filed a petition with the National La-bor Relations Board on behalf of the workers, requesting a union election. The employees are being ad-vised by the CWA A hearing on the matter was held last week. One spokesman for ARA claimed that the legal process of establishing a union would be a waste of taxpayers' money. In response to employees' com-plaints of low wages, the com-pany says it feels it pays its em-ployees competitive wages, ac-cording to Harry Belinger, speak-ing on behalf of ARA. According toJohnson, however, workers receive araise ofbetween ten and 25 cents per year. The flyer claims that because ofsuch low wages, many of them cannot afford health care. SHKKI THOMAS/CarafeiiM Students take advantage of the recent warm weather by hanging out at the Plaza Fountain. The warm weather was a welcome change to the cold of the "Blizzard of93." At this point, the workers on campus are awaiting a decision from the Labor Board as to who has jurisdiction in this matter, the state or ARA A decision is expected around the first of April, at which time the workers will vote on whether or not to form a union. There are also no retirementor pension plans ibr non-manage-ment employees under the cur-rent system, the flyer says. The workers say that their wages are little more than $4.25 per hour in most cases, and that they cannot afford health care since most are single parents. "Most of us are single parents who are the sole supporters in a family," the flyer says. "A few of us have as much as 22 years of service andin mostjobs we would be looking toward retirement. But we can't because ARA doesn't of- See ARA, page S SHKKI THOMAS/ Cnltalu ARA employee Mary Sue Cornwall hands Sophomore Walter Burke his dinner. Many of the ARA employees at UNCG are fighting to establish a union in order to protect their rights. The group recently passed out flyers in the board cafeteria as an appeal for student support. Dr. Solow comments on Clinton's economic plan By MATTHEW BYRD Managing Editor One of the Clinton administration's most important steps in revitalizing the U.S. economy should be to ask exactly what unemployment rate we should aim for in the future, ac-cording to Dr. Robert M. Solow, a Nobel Prize-winning economist who lectured at UNCG Tuesday night "Mostconservative economists will tell you six percent. Areason-able economist will tell you five and a half percent," said Solow, not letting his audience forget that he is a supporter of the Clinton economic package. He stressed that too low an unem-ployment rate can accelerate in-flation rates. Soloes speech was part of the annual Kathleen P. Bryan lec-ture series and was titled, The Clinton Economic Strategy: How Low Can Unemployment Get?" Solow claimed that President Clinton's plan for the economy is not perfect, but would move the country in the right direc-tion. He said that he hoped his speech would help people see "where the uncertainties of eco-nomics lie." He compared Great Britain's unemployment situation to that ofthe United States. Hesaid that some economists in Britain be-lieve a good unemployment rate is around nineanda halfpercent, probably due to the fact that their Solow current rate is around ten per-cent. "I have afeeling thatacountry that has a certain unemployment rate for a long time gets used to it," he commented. Junior Christi Cook voiced someconcern forSplow's idea that unemployment should be kept as high as five and a half percent. "I would agree with him more if his unemployment rate was lower," said Cook, a communica-tions majorwhovotedfor Clinton. Solow also speculated on how successful he thought Clinton would be in convincingthe Ameri-can people to support his pro-gram through the next presiden-tial election. "He is not going to be able to campaign on achievements. Heis going to have to make people be- See Solow, page 3 -^ |