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Majority of drivers are opposed to federal approval for hair-sample testing for drugs
While such testing has long been sought by a variety of mostly large carrier interests, a slight majority of Overdrive readers oppose the move to hair testing, objecting to the privacy intrusion they believe it represents.
May 24, 2017
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Senators press regulators to speed up implementation of driver drug testing changes
The senators noted in the letter the December 2015-passed FAST Act highway bill required the HHS to issue guidelines for hair testing as a method of detecting the use of drugs within one year, but the Dec. 4, 2016, deadline passed without action. Failing to meet the deadline, the letter adds, has prevented the DOT from allowing hair testing to be a federally approved testing method.
May 22, 2017
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Transportation unions look to delay carriers’ driver drug testing request
The Transportation Trades Department, part of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), has requested an extra 60 days to comment on the request beyond the current Feb. 21 deadline.
January 26, 2017
The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO is petitioning the FMCSA for an extension of the comment period for a request made by several large carriers to allow drug testing by hair instead of urine.
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POLL: Should hair testing be allowed in lieu of urine-based drug tests?
With some larger carriers pushing the federal government to allow hair-sample testing as a substitute for required urine testing of drivers, what’s your view on the practice? Should it be allowed, or not?
January 24, 2017
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Big carriers again push FMCSA to allow hair sample drug tests
Some of the country’s largest carriers have joined to file a request with the U.S. DOT to allow them to drug test drivers exclusively via hair sample, in lieu of the traditional and federally required urine sample test.
January 18, 2017
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ATA rebutts Teamsters, other labor groups on drug testing changes, urges Congress to allow hair tests
The trucking industry lobbyist’s letter comes a week after the Teamsters, the transportation branch of the AFL-CIO, the ACLU and a coalition of 14 other labor advocacy groups called on Congress to remove the drug testing reform measure from the DRIVE Act highway bill, which passed the Senate last month.
August 26, 2015
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Driver drug testing: Teamsters, other labor groups ask House to reject Senate changes
A coalition of labor advocacy groups has sent a letter to transportation-focused lawmakers in the House asking them to reject a recent Senate proposition that would allow trucking companies to use hair testing for driver drug screening.
August 20, 2015
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Big CSA reform highlights Senate highway bill that moves closer to passage
A Senate committee stamped approval on a package that would remove CSA’s carrier percentile rankings from public view, allow some under-21 CDL holders to operate interstate and allow carriers to use hair tests for driver drug screening.
July 16, 2015
CSA’s SMS percentile rankings would, under the DRIVE Act provisions, be removed from public view until FMCSA implements fixes to the program, its data quality woes and its ability to judge carriers effectively.
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