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by naptownKrabbi
on Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:17 am |
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http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=5566816
(Middletown - WABC, August 14, 2007) - One employee of the Orange Regional Medical Center is fighting back against a total smoking ban enacted August 6.
Robert Thorpe says he is doing something about his rights after his employer denied him his vice, even when he's on a break.
Thrope, who lives just a block away from the hospital, put up a sign at his home, staked into a bush on his property, that says: "ORMC Employee Smoke Park Open."
Smokers come and go as they please, through a gate, and stub their butts in ashtrays that Thorpe provides.
Thorpe, who has worked as a cook at Orange Regional for 28 years, opened his yard after the hospital instituted a policy of no smoking during the workday.
He says his supervisor told him to take it down last week, but he refused. He says he now expects he'll be reprimanded.
Hospital officials had previously stated that every medical center employee, from security guard to nurse to doctor, will not be allowed to smoke during shifts. That includes breaks taken off hospital grounds.
"Those employees found to have smoked during the work day will be subject to the disciplinary process," a letter sent to employees said.
Back in May, the hospital went smoke-free on its grounds at both the Horton and Arden Hill campuses. The move prompted smokers to get their fix off-grounds, which in Middletown meant going to residential areas.
Complaints from neighbors about the second-hand smoke and litter, as well as concerns from city officials, caused the medical center to tighten the policy to ban smoking during work hours.
(Copyright 2007 WABC-TV) |
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by Lynda F
on Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:41 pm |
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I saw the same story earlier, over on the Smokers Club Intl, with a bit more to it than is on your link.
For example: Quote: If they return to work smelling like smoke, they can be disciplined.
Hospital officials cited a need to protect patients with respiratory ailments, like asthma, whose conditions could be aggravated if exposed to the smell of smoke. Officials also cited a need for Orange Regional and its employees to set a standard of health for the community and its patients.
Here's the link: http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070814/NEWS/708140320
They are going to use "smell" as grounds to harrass. |
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by twillercat
on Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:50 pm |
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| The link Lynda F. provided also has a poll on the page, asking if you think the ban is fair...so far, a 40+ per cent plurality says it's unfair. We should all vote, raise that to above 50 per cent. |
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by Lynda F
on Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:34 pm |
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twillercat wrote: The link Lynda F. provided also has a poll on the page, asking if you think the ban is fair...so far, a 40+ per cent plurality says it's unfair. We should all vote, raise that to above 50 per cent.
Thanks Twillercat, I didn't even notice the poll *talk about blind* hehehe
Unfair is now up to 49% Will get others to vote also. |
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by jsidney
on Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:34 am |
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| Do we have an address to send him HERO medals? |
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