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Last week the U.S. Supreme Court, in its first rulings on the drug-testing issue, upheld, by a vote of 7 to 2, the constitutionality of the Government regulations that require railroad crews involved in accidents to submit to prompt urinalysis and blood tests. The Justices also upheld, 5 to 4, urine tests for U.S. Customs Service employees seeking drug-enforcement posts. Said Attorney General Dick Thornburgh: "The court recognized that the Government can, and indeed should, take all necessary and reasonable steps to prevent drug use by employees in sensitive positions...
Cochrane and Williams will file a written complaint with Johnson today and plan to submit a complaint to the city's Police Review and Advisory Board Thursday, they said. The board, which has the power to subpoena officers, is a civilian committee that monitors the Cambridge Police department and can make recommendations for further action to the city manager...
...choosing bankruptcy, Lorenzo has won some breathing room, but he has also given up considerable power. Under federal law, Eastern management will have 120 days to submit its reorganization plan to the bankruptcy court. In the meantime, the airline can resume normal operations if it reaches an agreement with its unions. But the rules have changed since Lorenzo's previous foray into Chapter 11 with Continental. Management can no longer toss out union contracts under Chapter 11 without the court's approval...
...premiums, or possibly turned away. Insurers have already used a similar policy to avoid covering individuals at high risk for AIDS, a practice now banned in several states. Unless it is prohibited by law, employers could conceivably try to guarantee a healthy work force by asking job applicants to submit to genetic screening. Clearly, there is a potential for widespread discrimination against those whose genes do not meet accepted standards...
...Individuals should not be required to submit to genetic testing against their will...