Only in AmeriKa.
"Arbitrator defends costly firefighter deal; Says drug testing justifies sizable raises" by Brian C. Mooney and Donovan Slack, Globe Staff | May 8, 2010
A labor arbitrator, explaining his decision to award Boston firefighters significant pay raises, concluded that granting the city the right to begin what he called “groundbreaking’’ random drug and alcohol testing was worth an average of more than $2,000 annually in additional pay for the city’s 1,500 firefighters....
Yeah, it is a victory as you are being sucked dry, taxpayers of Boston.
And then they have the nerve to complain?
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Also see: Boston Fights Fires With Arbiters
Just because you are a hero doesn't mean you aren't an asshole, I guess.
"Makers jailed for device to beat urine tests" by Associated Press | April 9, 2010
PITTSBURGH — A California man who spent nearly six years in prison for a 1980s marijuana-trafficking conviction got six months in federal prison for running a company that sold a male prosthetic called the Whizzinator that helped men cheat on drug tests....
What a real pisser, 'eh?
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