[metesky]

Rossie Judd, an eight-year veteran on the plant, claimed that workers smoking near her on the floor aggravated her asthma, making it at times impossible to breathe.

Seems to me that Rossie was probably in the UAW, knew she had an existing condition, yet over the course of eight years on the line failed to come to an accommodation with her union "brothers/sisters" and finally had to turn to the law.

I think I can pretzel this enough to lay at least partial blame for this on the shop steward.

[SheLion]

Seems to me that Rossie was probably in the UAW, knew she had an existing condition, yet over the course of eight years on the line failed to come to an accommodation with her union "brothers/sisters" and finally had to turn to the law.
I think I can pretzel this enough to lay at least partial blame for this on the shop steward.

Your probably right, metesky. Not to mention the heat Rossie put on the lawmakers and the health department.

[CSM]

"Seems to me that Rossie was probably in the UAW, knew she had an existing condition, yet over the course of eight years on the line failed to come to an accommodation with her union "brothers/sisters" and finally had to turn to the law."

That is the funny thing. Working on the line she comes into contact with thousands of contaminants in the air that could aggravate her asthma. There is no way that the smoke could be found to be the cause. In fact, the concentration of smoke in these plants is so low, that the smokers are not affecting the "new car" smell. You can walk by a person smoking and not realise it until you see them smoking, you end up being very surprised.

She was just looking for something to gripe about, she will pay the price (not that I support that).