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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Skycap fired for anti-gay message

 

 

The worker who broadcast an anti-gay message over the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International loudspeakers has been found and terminated.

 

Anthony Niedwiecki, left, and partner Waymon Hudson heard the anti-gay message 
over the airport PA system about 1 a.m. May 1.
JARED LAZARUS / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Anthony Niedwiecki, left, and partner Waymon Hudson heard the anti-gay message over the airport PA system about 1 a.m. May 1.
The skycap called it a prank. His bosses didn't find it funny. And now he is no longer working for them.
Jethro Monestime, 23, was fired Monday for a stunt he pulled six days earlier -- broadcasting an anti-gay message over the public address system at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
A gay couple collecting their luggage heard the message and filed a complaint.
The county leadership was mortified. Broward's mayor, Josephus Eggelletion, issued an apology.
The Broward Sheriff's Office investigated and Monestime confessed.
Because he worked for a private contractor, Broward officials could not fire him.
But his employer, Superior Aircraft Services, did.
Monestime's security badge has been taken away, as has his job.
''Broward County has a zero-tolerance policy for these types of offenses,'' Eggelletion said.
 
 

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