…Motor Carrier Safety Administration to deny a petition by several trucking companies to use hair specimens in lieu of federally mandated urine in pre-employment drug tests. The Transportation Trades Department…
…deny the petition, calling the use of hair testing premature and a contradiction of Congressional intent. [download_box title=”TTD Opposes Petition to Allow Hair Testing for Drugs” size=”184kb” description=”PDF Version” url=”https://ttd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/4.26.17-hair-testing-FMCSA-comments1.pdf”]…
…Id. at 47. [19] http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/reviews/K042726.pdf [20]http://www.smccmonroe.com/s/1450/images/editor_documents/drug___alcohol_policy/psychemedics_patented_hair_analysis_method_info.pdf?no_cookie=1 [21] Several police officers challenged their termination from the Boston Police Department after having falsely tested positive on hair tests. In its decision which…
…of hard work remains to produce the results we believe the President is pursuing.” [download_box title=”President Trump Gives Buy America Policies a Needed Boost ” size=”219 kb” description=”PDF Version” url=”https://ttd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/4.18.17-Trump-Buy-America-EO.pdf”]…
…concerns as it moves forward with this rulemaking and other actions that may follow. Sincerely, Edward Wytkind President [download_box title=”TTD Responds to Autonomous Vehicle Technology Proposal” size=”291kb” description=”PDF Version” url=”https://ttd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Comments-V2V-Standards-Docket-No.-NHTSA–2016–0126.pdf”]…
Washington, DC — Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to ban inflight voice calls:…
…the projects. The Democrats and labor prefer direct federal spending on the initiative. “We committed today to rally behind a $1 trillion infrastructure package that doesn’t rely mostly on tax…
…its massive infrastructure — with insufficient resources. Some think tanks and lawmakers have even tried to bankrupt the company — yes, with calls for zero budgets. Read more on Medium.…
…and we hope that our concerns will be taken into serious consideration. Sincerely, Edward Wytkind President [download_box title=”TTD Comments on Expansion of DOT Drug Testing Panel” size=”3mb” description=”PDF Version” url=”https://ttd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Comments-Additions-to-DOTs-Drug-Testing-Panel-Docket-No.-DOT–OST–2016–0189.pdf”]…
What do health care and infrastructure have in common? Most of us would say not much. Unfortunately, some House Republicans, including some of our friends, are insisting that if the…