Hello WV Coal Miner

[i am herdman]

Time to go back to work.

This country is going to roll again.

http://www.wvva.com/story/34185046/2017/01/04/arcelor-mittal-with-work-force-wv-hiring-coal-miners

 

[HerdFan76]

Herdman with the Alabama reference. Nice.

 

[Walter Brennaneer]

Great news for the miners.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

Is this to replace the ones retiring or fired for dope?

 

[herdfan06]

Jim Justice is saving the coal industry in WV.

 

[sistersville]

From 86 to 2012 i knew less than 5 miners who failed drug tests. I know new miners were failing. Most miners are great workers

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

From 86 to 2012 i knew less than 5 miners who failed drug tests. I know new miners were failing. Most miners are great workers

I've heard in recent years it was hard to find a new one that could pass a drug test. This generation of hillbillies is just ate up with dope. It's a damn shame.

 

[herdfan06]

From 86 to 2012 i knew less than 5 miners who failed drug tests. I know new miners were failing. Most miners are great workers

How often were you drug tested or was it "random drug testing" back then?

 

[sistersville]

In 85 we all got tested 4 times a year pluscrandomly. Herdfan was right. Around 2004 or 05 new miners were hard to find. They were wanna be coal miners, not coal miners.My pals smoked pot and u had to quit. 30 days to get a little pot out of your system. No withdrawals either. U can quit pot over night. Cigarettes are far far harder to get off of. I knew alot that done something far worse than smoking pot. They drank whiskey. Alot of alcoholics around because of drug testing.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

And cigs were worse. A lit cig in a coal mine can kill people!

 

[sistersville]

Yea but u would be shocked at joints getting burns near the fans. I hear it blows it where nobody smells it. I like above ground..better tv signal. Lol