g5000
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meh... assuming your wingnut site is accurate in saying the workers had to be rehired, it doesn't say why. perhaps the company didn't follow it's own procedures? perhaps there was insufficient evidence that the person was impaired?
thanks for the link... but i'm going to say, knowing the fauxrage, rightwingnut brigade and how it works, that there's more to this story.... as there always is.
The UAW opposes drug testing at every turn.
Injury and illness reporting. We must develop an environment that encourages reporting. Injury and illness reports, including near-miss incidents, can be important warning signs of work hazards. We oppose and will seek to eliminate management practices that discourage reporting, including:
Threatening, discriminating against and firing workers who report workplace injuries and illness.
Monetary incentives or other rewards or punishments that are based on reported injuries.
“Behavior-based safety” schemes that focus solely on worker actions and not on hazard identification.
Drug testing and/or discipline triggered solely by an incident report.
Health and Safety | UAW
How ironic that is in their Health and Safety procedures?
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kind of like the NRA opposes gun regulation, i guess.
but drug testing doesn't tell you if someone is impaired... it tells you if someone has used within x number of days.... and it isn't even consistent in terms of the number of days b/c how long it takes for pot to get out of your system depends on how much you smoked, on your metabolism, on your size... and a lot of other factors.
so why is it your employer's business what you do when you're off work if you're not impaired AT work.
that's why unions oppose drug testing.
Pot is illegal. So your argument fails. If you test positive for an illegal substance, you should be able to be fired.
And these guys were filmed using and drinking and going back to work. So your argument fails again.
Even further, you are speaking out of your ass about the accuracy of drug testing. Drug testing is so accurate they can tell you to the day when a person used.
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