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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, September 9th, 1971 , Page 3 RUDDY ADMINISTRATION ACCUSED OF INTIMIDATION! A cry of protest that ha s reached thatmembersofthe housekeeping st representatives of C. U. P. E. (Canad- haavvgtebi i an Union Public Employees) in Tor- before the end of day shift at 3 p.n onto, the Labour Board and the He also denied any intimidat WHITBY FREE PRESS by employees towards thestaff on the partof at the Doctor Joseph O. Ruddy General ministration in relation to the uni Hospital, has finally gained the atten- He indicated that he was fot agai tion of the hospital's Board of Direc- the union, but personally feels t tors. proper management can do a bet Board members say they will fur ther job. examine employee accusations charging Mr. Brownesaidhefeels the ent hospital administration with "bullying matter is "thework of a psycopath and pressuring" employees in an al- &-staff", but said he would deny t leged effort to keep out the union, at statement if it were ever to appear their September 15th meeting. print. He denied bullying staff in The situation, s a id to h av e been housekeeping unit, or in any oth going on for some months, came to a part of the hosp ital, and denied head recently with the resignation of wel1 the use of abusive 1anguage Mrs. Frank Bailey, Executive House- hospital staff members. keeper. Housekeeper 'pressured into resigning Empoyeeslaqae Mr s. Bailey s ays she was pres-te obscene e sured into resigning" by Administra- tor R. A. C. Rennie, who, she claims have charged that the purchasing accused her of being "a union sympa- ent has used abusive, profane, thizer". Before taking the position of Exec- utive Housekeeper at the Ruddy Gen- eral, Mrs. Bailey had been in the em- ploy of the Oshawa Gener al for thir teen and a half years. She also served in v a r i o us capacities on C. U. P. E. Local 45 at the Oshawa hospital. "Itail startedwhen I refused to in- f l u e n c e my staff against the union", said Mrs. Bailey. "I toldMr. Rennie that Canada was a democratic country, and that I had no intention whatsoever of encroach- ing on my employees even at his dir- ection . After that, I was repeatedly called intoMr. Rennie's office, where I was accused of giving out informat- i' il 'i '$ ion to the union. When I asked him if he ha d any proof to substantiate his accusations, he admitted that he did not. He said he was going on an as- sumption. In the end between he and Peter Browne (Purchasing Agent) andHingDep îî ' i Mrs. Dorothy MacDonald (former as- s is tant to Mrs. Bailey and present Executive Housekeeoer) they managed to get my resignation". In an interview held at the hospital attended by Mr. Browne andMrs. Mac-$ S D -onalàd, Mr. Rennie related tht he coul d find no faul t w ith Mrs. Bailiey's ________________ work. He indicated, however, that he was dispieased that she had tried "to get rid of" her assistant Mrs. Dorothy _______________ MacDonal d and the purchasing agent's son, Michael Browne, who was until recentiy amember of the housekeep- ing staff. Purchasing Agent said to be 'running the hospital' Mr.a Brswoed ehn is dtanydibyimmpa loyees as "running the entire hospit- al ", said that they were, unfortunately happy to receive Mrs. Bailey's resig- M nation. When asked why, he said that Mrs. Bailey had caused the hospital someconcernby hiring in succession, a3 a conf i rmed al cohol ic, an homosexual and a convict. Mr. Rennie referred to the matter lg of mistreatment of employees on staff as sheer fabrication on their own part and added "they are being treated too well if aiything.hb He further related when fo-as4lo taff ing M. ion ad- on. nst hat ter ire on his in the her as to ned ag- and e v e n obscene I a n guage in their own presence and in the presence of others, and say they will attest to this charge before both the Labour Board and the Board of Directors, if and when necessary. C. U. P. E. representative, Jim Brown in Toronto, says that the sit- u a t i on was brought to his attention, by var i ous emp loyee complaints of i n t i m i d ation. Of the union vote lost two weeks ago by a narrow margin of three, he says: "in ail honesty, to my knowledge, itwas a fair and democra- tic vote. " On e board member said h i s sus- picions became aroused when it was reported t o him that Mrs. MacDonald t h e p r e sent Executive Housekeeper had been telling several people that she had the job long before Mrs. Bailey's resignation. In the meantime, employees at the Ruddy General Hospital complain that they are being overworked. Continued on page 10 HOU SE OPENING 1742 BROCK ST. S. of 401 WHITBY. Immuqmmwwm%ý --NING of their NEW WAREHOUSE additio'n,,the Jea of a GENUINE Sale based on first quality $8,45 Reg. 11.95 IARDTWIST 10 Year sq. yd - Written Guarantee q. yd. Reg. 11.95 10 Year Guarantee ets'rubber backed SHAGS from $5.95 $5.95 sq. y / d. to $19.95 sq yd. 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