Page 4, Thursday, October 28th, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS RUDDY HOSPITAL - Employees versus board H e a t e d disputes-between employees and administration .at the Doct'r Joseph O. RuddyÇGeneralHospital continue to be o v e r 1 o ok e d by the hospital's board of governors. T h e W h i tby Free Press takes full r e sponsibility for the statement made above. It is indeed, a strong one , but since it is the policy of this newspaper t o print the truth, there are unfortun- a te 1 y, no other words to descr ibe the unhappy situation referred to in this article. Unfair administration backed by tolerant board members For example, the hospital, through acombinationof an unfair administration which is backed by a tolerant board of gove rnor s , has either dismissed or forced to resign with duress, the foll- owing: Mrs. F. Bailey, ExecutiveHousekeeper S e p t e m b er 1971, RESIGNED UNDER DU RESS. Claims Administrator R. A. R e n n y accused her o f being a "union sympathizer". Mr. Doug Anderson, Laboratory Tech- nician, September 17th, 1971. Dismissed foranumber of charges which he claims were trumped up by his immediate sup- ervisor, underwhom he had worked for about one and one half years. One such charge - "when asked by another member of the department for help on a busy day, your answer is, "I DON'T THINK I WA'NT TO. " Security Guard, September 30th, '71 (Nam e witheld for obvious reasons). Left employ at the Ruddy General after being accused of ALLEGEDLY FL IRT- ING WITH NURSES. O r d e r 1ly, O c t ober 16th, 1971, (Name withheld for obvious reasons). ASKED TO R E S IGN BY THE HOSPITAL AD- M I N 1S TRATOR AFTER BEING ACC- USED OF HOMOSEXUALITY. Accused but not permitted hearing Thesepersons, whoall denied char- geswere not permitted a hearing of the Board of Governors. The former orderly has been await- ing an answer ta a letter he left at the hospital under the care of his immediate supervisar on October l8th. On Oc t ob er 26th, Chairman of the Boar dof Governors, Mr. G. Lofthouse, denied seeing any such letter. Mr. Doug Anderson, the laboratory technician, has communicated with the boar d and has released ta this news- paper, as proof of this communication, a series of duplicate letters. On W ed n esday , October 20th, the b oa r d of go0vernors refused ta grant p er miss ion ta have Mr. Ander son ap- pear before them. Appeal to the public Mr. Anderson, therefore, is making through this newspaper, an appeal to the public. Mr. Anderson is articulate, and rational inhis understanding of the sit- uation at the hospital. His argument now is one of principle. Below follows the I e t t e r or protest he sent to the Board Chairman, in its original form. "Dear Mr. Lofthouse; I am writing to express my profound disappointment in the decisionexpressed i n your letter of October 12. From the toneof your previous letter of Septem- ber 28 and our brief telephone conver- sation of October 1, I had every reason to expect that at last I would get a fair i m p a r t ia 1hearing and that you were prepared to listen to both sides. How- ever, apparently Ihave once again been tried in absentia. The issue, as I am sure you are well aware, ceased a long time ago to be one particular job (my usefullness was ob- viously minimal under the present pow- er structure ) but became the much broader i ssue of staff grievances and the role of the administration in them. Not o n I y h a v e you chosen to approve the fabricated and exaggerated charges of Mrs. Fisher's (Lab supervisor) letter, but more importantly, you have chosen toback an apparent administration pol- icy th a t grievances need not be dealt with impartially and you appear to have established the precedent that the board will no t overrule the administrator no matter how wrong he may be. It i s indeed an unfortunate society, Mr. Lofthouse, where those who lie and c h e a t , w ho spread rumours and inn- uendo an d b I ame others for their own inadequacies are the ones whoget ahead, while t hose who are honest and for th- r i g h t , who quietl y go about their own business and follow all the right chan- nels are the ones who get sacrificed. Your decision has left me no choice but to a p p e al to an even higher level. Because the hospital is a publicly fin- anced institution, its ultimate control l.ies wi th the people of Whitby and Ont- ario, and it is their right and respon- s i b ility to know the issues involved in dispute and to decide whether the pat- ients of this community are being ser- ved adequately by current policies of the administration. " Yours truly, Doug Anderson. Mr. Anderson's letter, in the opin- ion of t h i s newspaper, is a prime ex- ample af the tolerance af the Dactor J. O. R ud dy Haspital 's Boar d of Gaver- e r n or s. Should they decide ta run for, TOWN 0F WHITBY NOTICE RE: OAYllGHT SAVING TINE municipal office, we include a list of their names. Board of governors Russell J. Batten, Ashburn Robert Catton, Whitby X Edward Cauchi, Whitby Mrs. M. Doner, Whitby Mr. Heber Down, Brooklin Mr. N. Edmondson, Whitby Dr. D. Epstein Mr. John Goodwin, Whitby Dr. K.C. Hobbs, Whitby Mr. C.L. Jenkins, Whitby Mr. C. Jensen, Whitby Mr. J. J. Ledden, Whitby Mr. G. E. Lofthouse, Whitby Mr. R.P. Matthews, Whitby Mr. William S. Nurse, Whitby Dr. M. R. Rayman, Whitby Mrs. C. Robson, Whitby Mr. R. E. Sims, Whitby The names indicated with check marks are those who were contacted by staff of this newspaper. Theone name indicated w i t h t he "x" is to our knowledge, the on I y board member who has attempted to explore employee accusations. ln ail fairnessin the caseof the board chairman, Mr. G. Lofthouse, he indica- ted, after someprodding, in a telephone c o n v e rsation wi th the "Free Press", t h a t he would look into the case of. the accused orderly. Press denied permission to meeting On October 20th, the chairman of the board denied permission sought by the "Whitby Free Press" to attend the Oct- o b e r 2 0 t h b o a rd meeting, giving the reason that they wanted to discuss "per- s o n ai m a t ters". The chairman, how- ever, granted permission for the "Free P r e s sI" to a t t end the board's annual m e e ting which is to be held "sometime around Easter ". Onemonthbefore, on September 20, in a p u bi ic meeting of council through an a ppeal by Reeve Thomas Edwards, Doctor K.C. Hobb s, memberof the boardof governors, indicated he would intercede on behalf of the employees if they were thwarted in their attempts to get to the Board of Governors. How about it Doctor Hobbs?... 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