MADISON, Wis. — Three years ago, Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co. Inc. was begging for workers and struggling to hire candidates who could simply pass a drug test.
Good jobs, paying $15 to $20 per hour, went unfilled. The company even hesitated to expand because it could not find enough drug-free applicants.
Times have changed.
Company president Jim Hatt said the economy is so slow the market has begun to attract more qualified workers. Business still is not where he would like to see it, but now he can find employees who can pass a drug test, which he says the company is forced to do by its insurance company.
Gov. Scott Walker appears to be taking such concerns to heart.
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8 comments:
SAY WHAT CRACKER? I KNOW MY RIGHTS YO.
Best thing that could ever happen.
It needs to be MANDATORY! At the beginning application process, and RANDOMLY throughtout receiving ANY benefit from the government (UNEMPLOYMENT, WELFARE, FOODSTAMPS, DISABILITY)!
8:49 Disability? What u talkin bout bro drug addiction is a disability.
I say anyone who gets tax payer money should pass a drug test.
This would include all those employed by the government... Senators, Representatives, Judges, Teachers, Road Crews.. EVERYBODY. If your source of income is from the tax payer... you should have to take a drug test to prove you are clean... and submit to regular random testing.
Yes, let's apply this to government workers as well, starting with Scott Brown. That will ensure that it never passes.
Oops, meant Scott Walker.
Drunks and druggies can get SSI with no problem,,they can work but they do not want to
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