WHITBY BOX 206, WHITBY, ONT. i e 1ePnone 668- 61 1'l. 12-NOUR NURSE'S SHIFT AT SUGGESTION RUDDY MOT IMPOSITION On ce again em- ployee disputes at the Doctor Joseph O. Ruddy Hospital have been cal led to the attention of the WHITBY FREE PRESS. This t i me, how- ever, administra- tion rather than employees may be thevictimof trum- ped up charges. Th r ee separate telephone calls to the WHIT8Y FR EE PRESS on Monday afternoon, alerted newspaper staff that nurses at the Ruddy Hos- p i t a 1 were being forced agai nst thei r wil1l1 to go f r o m 8 hour to 12 hour shifts. Two te lephone callers i dent ified them- selves, but asked to have their names kept out of the newspaper, Wh il1 e the third c a 1l1le r remained anonymous. While attempting to check out the val Ldity of the im- p e n d ing s h ift change, the FREE PRESS talked to a highly placedmem- ber in the nursing staff, and was subsequently in- formed that the s h i f t change was part of apilot- pproject being of- f e r e d toanursing e m p I o y e e s on a p u r e ly voluntary basis. The s t a f f mem- b e r said she was not prepared to g i ve any comment tothe press at th is time regard- i n g a date of def- in ite implementa- t i o n o f the rum- ou red shift chan- ge. Expressing an op in i on that she fe I t the public is no t en t i t 1led to know ail the goings on at the hospi tal, s h e said she was "disappointed" the th r ee nurses had c h o s en to call in the local news- paper, as she had always maintaineçI an open door pol- i c y w ith her em- ployees. AI though a FREE PRESS telephone survey among nursingstaff indi- cated further claimsthat the 12- ho ur shift change was being imposed and not suggested, more nurses in the s u r v e y reported that the shift chan- ge was put to them on a voluntary basis than by im- position. FREE (Voice of the Countv Town) FREF HOMF flFiIUFR~ Thursday, February 17th, 1972 with or with Aspokesman for the Whitby Citizens Study Group, Jim Cane, told the media on Monday night that "theWhitby Citizens StudyGroup "will hold a public meeting with or without the town council. " M r. C a n e 's comment was given to r e porters present at the regul ar Mon- day night council session after a letter from the Study Group asking to meet With municipal representatives at a mutually agreed date h ad effected no council committment on the request. T The letter which was signed byl14 c i t i zens, including former Town Ad- m i n istrator John Frost, recommended to council that Whitby should not pro- ceed w i th a new municipal complex, p o l i c e building or 1ibrary beyond the current study stage until a firm decis- i on h as been reached on the future of PRESS Volume 2. Number 7 out counci regional government. Member s of the library board and po l i ce commi ssion appeared before council as well, pleading the necessity of both more adequate police and 1library space. On a motion from Reeve Tom Edwards Council voted to receive and consider the comments of the Whitby Citizens Study Group before making a final dec- ision on the municipal police complex. No c omm i t tment for a further meeting to explore alternatives for the complex was indica-ted by council. The Study Group which formed rec- ently to become more knowledgeable of t he activities of the municipal govern- ment and departments of the Town of W h itby will meet this Saturday to plan its public meeting. ran tLets forget about the damned Stadium, an International Airport or amunicipal complet and build a police building, says a letter to the editor on page 2. Highlights of the Quebec Tournament Post Office more than a game in Whitby When you have a foot or more snoyv on the long, flat roof of a building such as the Whitby Arena, you could also have safety problems. But work- crews from Mel-Ron Construction as can be. seen in photo above havea rather unique method of ridding the building's roof of excess snow, and eliminating the safety hazard. .. . . ................ mÉm e% - ----------- (Voice of the Countv Town) FREE HOME DFIIVFIW Volume 2, Number 7