Theoretically, when a car is parked on someone's property (a hospital in this case)

[Heddi]

114. 1) Reading further down, I see you're in Bellevue WA. I worked in Seattle

the big public hospital in Seattle, so I have a pretty good idea what you're talking about

2) clarification as to whether "in cars" means in company cars or employee cars. Your hospital does have company cars--security vehicles, maintenance vehicles, etc.

3) if employee cars, then they can only enforce employee cars parked in the parking garage.

4) Yes, the union will let this slide. SEIU NW99 let it slide at HMC, SMC, and VM. If you park your car in hospital parking lot, then your car is on company property and you have to abide by the 'no smoking in your car" rule. If you park your car in the street at a meter, you can smoke til you're blue in the face.

I'm not saying this isn't something to get frothy over--I agree that my car is my car. But when you're on company property, you have to follow their rules. Try to get the union to fight it if you want, but they didn't at HMC, SMC, or VM (all the big DT hospitals). Just like you can be off work, off the clock, but if they catch you sitting in someone's car drinking alcohol, you'll be up shit's creek (not driving--just sitting and drinking) because there is a no alcohol consumption while on property rule as well.

Just an old Seattle RN letting you know we've tried to fight this fight. The union will not stand behind you on this. THey did not even consider standing behind us when we tried to fight it.