On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:31 PM [GMT+1=CET], Colin Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I believe that the starting point of the thinking that lead to the >> current ban was the wish to protect employees in such places from >> the effects of passive smoking. As a lifelong Trade Unionist I >> sympathise with this. It's a long time since I last smoked indoors. >> >> Mike Stevens > > > > That was just a handle to hang a ban on. If pubs were given the > choice of being non-smoking or smoking the staff would have a choice > of whether they worked in a smoking or non-smoking pub. I don't think it was "just a handle". Smoking in the work-place is an issue that's been debated in Trade Union circles for many years. I remember debates on it (in our case with reference to school staff-rooms) many years ago, when I used to be a delegate to our Union Conference, which I've not been for 18 years. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
