Thursday, March 31, 2016

Why we hate unions-----UNION: STATE SHOULDN'T HAVE FIRED MAN FOR SMOKING POT ON JOB

News from The Associated Press:
"HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A lawyer for a labor union urged the Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday to rule that the firing of a state worker caught using marijuana on the job was too harsh a punishment and he should be reinstated.
Gregory Linhoff was fired from his maintenance job at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington in 2012 after a police officer caught him smoking pot in a state vehicle...
...At the time Linhoff was fired, he was seeking treatment for depression, stress and anxiety because his wife had filed for divorce and he had a cancer scare; he believed smoking pot helped to alleviate his worries, according to Collins..."

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