Fitness clubs’ former employees and members still in the dark
By Sam Kennedy, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) | |
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Employees are owed paychecks, and members are wondering if they'll be reimbursed membership dues.
"I'm concerned that the bank that took over the facility either doesn't know or doesn't care that credit cards are being charged," said
Bank of
Kistler said he has heard "absolutely nothing" from the club, other than from his trainer, "but she is about as in the dark as I am."
Bank of
Lehigh Valley Racquet and Fitness, founded by
"The bank seized all the funds that were due the employees ... ," said Brinson, who though no longer an owner has remained in contact with the chain's management. "The bank also seized funds that members had paid for membership dues, summer memberships, tennis contracts and personal training contracts."
The matter has attracted the attention of state Attorney General
"We don't have anything new to report," Myers said Thursday.
Although now retired to
"These are all former employees of mine, and many of the members have been friends for 30-plus years," he said. "I am outraged by the behavior of the bank responsible for this horrendous abuse of power."
In
In 2010, Brinson closed his flagship club in downtown
The measures seemed to help. By 2012, the chain had increased memberships to 9,800 -- which, according to Brinson, was only 300 less than the all-time high in 2007.
The chain, though, struggled to keep up with the payments on the
After 24-7 Fitness' quick and relatively painless bankruptcy,
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