SEPTA union supoorts drug addicts and alchoholics!

[Eric Olsen]

As disgusting as it sounds, SEPTA union TWU local 234, has a problem with SEPTA's
zero tolerance on drugs and alchohol in the work place. TWU, wants a "second chance" for anyone
caught with drugs or alchohol in their system. Why in the name fo God, would
anybody want to ride a bus or train where the operator is high on coke or alchohol?
We had an incdident in 1990 where a SEPTA subway crashed and the operator was high on coke
and of course because he is a "goonion" boy, the "goonion" backed him up!

[kim overstreet]

Eric Olsen <eol...@devnull.cis.temple.edu> wrote in article
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[jacquie "Jacquie" Stanton]

Eric Olsen <eol...@devnull.cis.temple.edu> wrote in article
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> TWU, wants a "second chance" for anyone
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> Doesn't everyone deserve a second chance? good for SEPTA !
> Let the first person here that has never had a second chance, throw the
first insulant at taking care of it's members.>

[John Courtney]

On 6 Jun 1998 20:17:57 GMT, "jacquie \"Jacquie\" Stanton"
<jacquie...@gte.net> wrote:

Drug and alcohol testing. SEPTA has repeatedly said that the union's
resistance to a "zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policy" remains one
of the most serious differences. The agency has branded the TWU
irresponsible for defending workers who fail drug tests.

But in fact, SEPTA and the union generally agree on the current
program of random drug testing, first introduced in 1987, which allows
employees who test positive to return to their jobs if they
successfully complete drug-rehabilitation counseling.

During negotiations, SEPTA has not called for a policy that would
involve the automatic firing of employees who fail a random drug test.
And though authority officials tout their recent settlement with the
suburban United Transportation Union as a victory for a
"zero-tolerance policy on the use of drugs and alcohol," that
agreement allows employees who fail a random test to return to work
after rehabilitation.

The disagreement over random testing is limited to SEPTA's demand to
slightly broaden the types of employees subjected to random drug
testing. More than three-quarters of the agency's unionized employees
are already subject, including vehicle operators and mechanics, signal
maintainers and inspectors.

The major differences are over a far less frequent form of drug
testing -- testing for cause.

SEPTA wants the right to test a driver who has an accident causing
damage in excess of $3,500. The union insists the damage should exceed
$5,000. Also, the agency wants the right to test any driver who runs a
signal -- and fire him if he fails -- while the union says there
should be two such violations within a year before the operator is
subjected to a drug test.