When this complaint was filed [December, 2007], Eric McGhee, the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission investigator, said there would be a reasonable investigation. He told me coworkers would be interviewed, this website would be reviewed, and I would get a chance to present additional information. 
Several past and current employees of the Salvation Army contacted me about their complaints with the local organization. At this point my only advice to them is to gather documentation.
No other Detox employees have stepped forward. There may be a little hostility because of the website..., or perhaps because we were all involved in misconduct.
- In January 2009 Mr. McGhee ruled that Clitheroe did not improperly deny medical coverage.
- The AERC investigator McGhee, took one year to investigate this case.
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Amazingly, he admits that during his year-long investigation he was not able to find time to interview any coworkers, (other than the directors against whom the complaint was made.)
Those directors told him that "numerous PNAs" were denied benefits, terminated, laid off, etc. Thats just not true.
-A person can just ask any other Detox employee of that time period.-
[I quit after medical benefits were with-held.]
There were no PNAs terminated during the time I was employed.
There were no PNAs denied medical benefits, except me.
And... there were certainly not "13 PNAs terminated", as Clitheroe management claims.
-A person can just ask any other Detox employee of that time period.-
As far as I know, the only time any PNAs were terminated was when Detox closed.
After his year long investigation, he also admitted that he did not get a chance to look at this website -see below- (which was made specifically to present the AERC complaint.
There were some glaring inaccuracies in Mr. McGhee's report, but he refuses to simply interview non-management employees. As far as he is concerned "if a Salvation Army director says that 13 PNAs were terminated, then it is so".
Never mind that there were only 5 or 6 PNAs during that span.
-A person can just ask any other Detox employee of that time period.-
- The Anchorage Equal Rights Commission Investigator did not get around to looking at this website until January 2009 -click here- , after I complained that Mr. McGhee had made his decision without looking at the website or interviewing any witnesses.
- [Mr McGhee made a second visit to the website on March 30, 2009. When he saw the log of his previous visit, he left. -click here- . The man lacks integrity, but he has some sense.]*
- A general employment timeline is here
- Clitheroe was closed the day after the initial complaint. (Finances were blamed). As of February 2009 I have dropped the issue and the local Salvation Army is openning a new Detox called the "Specialized Treatment Unit" or STU. I can't imagine that the new operation will be as corrupt and mismanaged as the old. Time will tell.
*The decision not to reconsider the commission decision, despite the obvious lack of an investigation by Mr. McGhee, was made by John M. Brower, Edie Bailey and Yronelly Sanchez.
AERC names are used here because these people just piss me off. Mr. McGhee has probably done the same to lots of other people. People who did not know how to make a website.
[No names were used in the complaint against the Salvation Army, except where a director was identified by their signature or on audio.]
Several past and current employees of the Salvation Army contacted me about their complaints with the local organization. At this point my only advice to them is to gather documentation.
No other Detox employees have stepped forward. There may be a little hostility because of the website..., or perhaps because we were all involved in misconduct.