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Word around my barn that Company next contract will be asking for random tests for all employees? Seems that other job sectors that have tried this "experiment" , job site injuries fell by almost 25%. Was this just a , coincidence ? What are the members thoughts on this? I:busted: personally think that the dock is much more dangerous than the yard, anyways.
 
Good, I'm sick of watching all the pill poppers and coke freaks put my safety in jepordy everytime I work the dock. I don't do drugs, so test everyone- including management!
 
why is there so much controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who would be willing to test any drug they could come up with
 
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why is there so much controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who would be willing to test any drug they could come up with
They use to force me to take a random drug test only twice. After that they never bothered me again. YRC would think that it would anger me, but it only angered them in the long run. I would make sure to take a leak, before taking the blood test. I would take 5-6 paid hours waiting to take a leak. Then I would go on my run, and run out of hours and go to bed on them. Now YRC would have to pay my bed time, and the round trip miles that I wasn't able to drive, written on a nice fat grievance. Then I would get a return load home to Chicago from the terminal I was suppose to go to bed at. YRC would send a road/city driver to pick up my load from where ever I went to bed at, and switch the loads out while I would be sleeping. After that, I believe YRC stopped giving me those random drug test after the second time, I wonder why? :Rulz::nut_kick:
 
What the hell is wrong with you. The only time a terminal suggests a pee test is in different situations like an accident, pre-employment, or suspicion of impairment at the window.
The random pee test are generated by a computer, NOT YRC MANAGEMENT.
If YRC got involved with manipulating the random testing they could be sued.
 
Also after taking a vacation too. Random means, anytime the company wants a person to take a drug test. I could mean everytime a person shows up for work, as well. Actually, I been wondering the same thing too? What the hell is wrong with some of these Teamster YRC drivers? Alot of them can't stand up for themselves, because their affraid. BS, management forces drivers to take random drug tests only to screw with them. If it is random than how come management isn't doing it also? Does it ever occur to anyone that the YRC management could be using drugs while working, also? The random drug test lottery is handled by the company. The blood test is administered by the nurses that are paid by the company.
 
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The blood test is administered by the nurses that are paid by the company.
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Here's the rules for DOT random drug testing no where does it involve " Blood testing "

Drug testing is conducted by analyzing a driver's urine specimen. The analysis is performed at laboratories certified and monitored by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The list of DHHS approved laboratories is published monthly in the Federal Register. The driver provides a urine specimen in a location that affords privacy and the "collector" seals and labels the specimen, completes a chain of custody document, and prepares the specimen and accompanying paperwork for shipment to a drug-testing laboratory. The specimen collection procedures and chain of custody ensure that the specimen's security; proper identification and integrity are not compromised. The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 requires that drug testing procedures for commercial motor vehicle drivers include split specimen procedures. Each urine specimen is subdivided into two bottles labeled as a "primary" and a "split" specimen. Both bottles are sent to a laboratory. Only the primary specimen is opened and used for the urinalysis. The split specimen bottle remains sealed and is stored at the laboratory. If the analysis of the primary specimen confirms the presence of illegal, controlled substances, the driver has 72 hours to request the split specimen be sent to another DHHS-certified laboratory for analysis. This split specimen procedure essentially provides the driver with an opportunity for a "second opinion".

WHAT DRUGS ARE TESTED FOR?

All urine specimens are analyzed for the following drugs:

1. Marijuana (THC metabolite)
2. Cocaine
3. Amphetamines
4. Opiates (including heroin)
5. Phencyclidine (PCP)


Overview of Drug and Alcohol Testing Rules (English) - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
 
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Where have you guys been, random drug tests have been going on for years.
Huh???? Not on the dock or in the yard at 309...I cant remeber the last time ANYONE here has been drug tested. Our contract as of now Spot or dock we can not be randomed at all. They have to see a reason for the test as in smell of booze on your breath or someone not acting normal. They dont like to send because if they send you and you come back normal they have to pay you for all the time you sit home waiting for the results.
 
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They started drug testing in 86 after some high profile crashes. I rember a plane crashed on a carrier and the remains were found to have pot in their systems, the next was a train crash out east, one or more of the train crew was high. The gov. decided if you were in the transportation industry and you operated equipment i.e. truck,train, plane you were subject to random and post accident drug tests.
 
You guys in Chicago have a good thing going then Mango. Random drug tests have been going on for years for everybody dock, drivers switchers in NY/NJ area.
 
well roady you should make them stick to the old contract . they can only randon drivers . any1 else must be seen acting in a strange and unsafe way by 2 trained supers.
as per the contract we are suppose to be under now .
 
They started drug testing in 86 after some high profile crashes. I rember a plane crashed on a carrier and the remains were found to have pot in their systems, the next was a train crash out east, one or more of the train crew was high. The gov. decided if you were in the transportation industry and you operated equipment i.e. truck,train, plane you were subject to random and post accident drug tests.

About a year or two ago these two commercial airline pilots were fired after having been drinking in the airport bar before getting ready to fly passengers.

How do two intelligent people do such a dumb thing? Their careers are over for good. It was mainstream news so I am sure someone here remembers this.

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Here's the rules for DOT random drug testing no where does it involve " Blood testing "

Drug testing is conducted by analyzing a driver's urine specimen. The analysis is performed at laboratories certified and monitored by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The list of DHHS approved laboratories is published monthly in the Federal Register. The driver provides a urine specimen in a location that affords privacy and the "collector" seals and labels the specimen, completes a chain of custody document, and prepares the specimen and accompanying paperwork for shipment to a drug-testing laboratory. The specimen collection procedures and chain of custody ensure that the specimen's security; proper identification and integrity are not compromised. The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 requires that drug testing procedures for commercial motor vehicle drivers include split specimen procedures. Each urine specimen is subdivided into two bottles labeled as a "primary" and a "split" specimen. Both bottles are sent to a laboratory. Only the primary specimen is opened and used for the urinalysis. The split specimen bottle remains sealed and is stored at the laboratory. If the analysis of the primary specimen confirms the presence of illegal, controlled substances, the driver has 72 hours to request the split specimen be sent to another DHHS-certified laboratory for analysis. This split specimen procedure essentially provides the driver with an opportunity for a "second opinion".

WHAT DRUGS ARE TESTED FOR?

All urine specimens are analyzed for the following drugs:

1. Marijuana (THC metabolite)
2. Cocaine
3. Amphetamines
4. Opiates (including heroin)
5. Phencyclidine (PCP)


Overview of Drug and Alcohol Testing Rules (English) - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

I am surprised they don't test for prescription meds. Some of those can be intoxicating as well.

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Here's the rules for DOT random drug testing no where does it involve " Blood testing "

Drug testing is conducted by analyzing a driver's urine specimen. The analysis is performed at laboratories certified and monitored by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The list of DHHS approved laboratories is published monthly in the Federal Register. The driver provides a urine specimen in a location that affords privacy and the "collector" seals and labels the specimen, completes a chain of custody document, and prepares the specimen and accompanying paperwork for shipment to a drug-testing laboratory. The specimen collection procedures and chain of custody ensure that the specimen's security; proper identification and integrity are not compromised. The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 requires that drug testing procedures for commercial motor vehicle drivers include split specimen procedures. Each urine specimen is subdivided into two bottles labeled as a "primary" and a "split" specimen. Both bottles are sent to a laboratory. Only the primary specimen is opened and used for the urinalysis. The split specimen bottle remains sealed and is stored at the laboratory. If the analysis of the primary specimen confirms the presence of illegal, controlled substances, the driver has 72 hours to request the split specimen be sent to another DHHS-certified laboratory for analysis. This split specimen procedure essentially provides the driver with an opportunity for a "second opinion".

WHAT DRUGS ARE TESTED FOR?

All urine specimens are analyzed for the following drugs:

1. Marijuana (THC metabolite)
2. Cocaine
3. Amphetamines
4. Opiates (including heroin)
5. Phencyclidine (PCP)


Overview of Drug and Alcohol Testing Rules (English) - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

I am surprised they don't test for prescription meds. Some of those can be intoxicating as well.

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The key word for testing is Opiates that cover a whole group plus you also have to remember that those are only the DOT ones. Some companies I know of personal contact the testing centers and have there people tested for other products and when a person is caught the fire them for violation of " company " policies !!
 
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