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Archive for January, 2000

Junk Science Drove America To Drug Testing

Sunday, January 30th, 2000

In the 1950s, employers spooked by the Red Menace instituted mandatory loyalty oaths, forcing employees to forswear any ties to communism. In the 1990s, the drug scourge had replaced communism as the great looming societal threat, and the pee-in-a-cup employee drug screen became de rigueur.

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Unions To Fight For Sacked Non-Unionised Flight-Attendant

Wednesday, January 12th, 2000

Two flights attendants unions have taken up the case of a non-unionised flight attendant at Delta Air Lines who was fired after the airline alleged she provided a "substitute" urine sample during a random drug test.

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