Maevon Garrett:  

I WENT TO WORK FOR AT&T AND BELL SYSTEM WHERE I REMAINED FOR 30+ YEARS, SPENDING MANY OF THOSE YEARS AS UNION PRESIDENT. ACTUALLY I WAS ELECTED TO OFFICE 8 TIMES OR 24 TOTAL YRS. BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE UNION I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND PENN STATE FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE AND UNIV. OF CLEMSON FOR INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY. I APPEARED ON THE PHIL DONAHUE SHOW BACK IN THE DAY. DID COMMERCIALS FOR UNITED WAY AND THE RED CROSS. CURRENTLY ENJOYING RETIREMENT WITH MY SWEETHEART FROM PENN STATE. LIVING IN GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA MY PASSION IS FLOWERS, COOKING AND BAKING. I EVEN GROW MY OWN COLLARD GREENS. I GET BACK TO BALTIMORE ABOUT EVERY 2 MONTHS.STILL HAVE MY HOUSE THERE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDAUGHTER LIVING IN IT.,OF COURSE RENT FREE. I WAS ALSO THE CHAIR FOR THE STATE OF MD. LABOR COMMITTEE FOR THE U.N.C.F. LOU RAWLS PARADE OF STARS, IN WHICH MY NATIONAL UNION GAVE A PLEDGE FOR $50,000.00 FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA. I WAS THE GUEST ON THE LABOR CRONICLE, TELEVISED FROM ESSEX COMM COLLEGE FOR CABLE TV, THE FOCUS WAS ON THE PLIGHT IN THE WORKPLACE, HOW MUCH THINGS HAD CHANGED SINCE THE TIME I CAME INTO THE COMPANY, AND WHAT OBSTICLES ARE STILL PRESENT TODAY, WHAT ARE THE REASONS SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DO NOT STAY ON THE JOB VERY LONG? THEY WANTED ME TO SAY DRUGS WAS WHAT HURT A LOT OF EMPLOYEES. I RECALL SAYING THAT DRUGS MAY BE ON THE LIST OF PROBLEMS BUT NOT AT THE TOP. AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WAS WORK ETHIC, THE AVERAGE NEW YOUNG EMPLOYEE THAT DID NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE THEY DID SEVERAL THINGS, IN THIS ORDER, LIED[COMMITTED PERJURY] ON THEIR APPLICATIONS, DID NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD, EITHER ABSENT OR LATE BEYOND WHAT WAS ACCEPTABLE. THEN DRUGS, CAUSED A TWO-FOLD PROBLEM, IF THEY GOT TO WORK THEY COULD NOT F...Expand for more