Umbiko omusha uqhumisa i-Amtrak, okuyinkampani enkulu kunazo zonke ethwala abantu ezweni, ngokunaka kabi ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa notshwala kwabasebenzi bayo.
Umbiko okhishwe ngoLwesine, ucwaningo lwangaphakathi lweHhovisi likaMhloli Jikelele we-Amtrak, uthi ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa notshwala kwezisebenzi kunyuke kancane kusukela ngo-2006. Iningi labasebenzi abafeyila ukuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa kubikwa ukuthi bahlolelwe i-cocaine nensangu, ngokusho kombiko. umbiko.
Abasebenzi bakwa-Amtrak bafeyile ukuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa notshwala ngenani eliphakeme kakhulu elingu-51% kunesilinganiso semboni yezitimela, kusho umbiko. Izikhulu ze-Amtrak zilinganisela ukuthi zisebenzise u-$1.5 wezigidi ukuhlola abasebenzi ngo-2012 kuphela, kodwa abasebenzi beqe izinga lemboni elihluleka ukuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa eminyakeni emihlanu edlule.
Imithetho kahulumeni edinga izinkampani zikaloliwe ukuthi zenze ukuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa notshwala yabekwa ngemva kokushayisana kwe-Amtrak nesitimela esithwala impahla ngo-1987 e-Chase, eMaryland. Kuleyo ngozi, abaphenyi baphethe ngokuthi unjiniyela wesitimela sezimpahla zakwaConrail wayedakwe insangu futhi wasebenzisa amasignali amathathu ngaphambi kokushayisana nesitimela, kwashona abangu-16.
Abasebenzi abasezikhundleni ezizwelayo zokuphepha bangaphansi kokuhlolwa okuseduze kokulawulwa kwenhlangano uma kuziwa ekuhlolweni kwezidakamizwa notshwala. Kepha umbiko womhloli uphakamisa ukuthi izikhulu ze-Amtrak zishaye indiva ekuphoqeleleni izinqubomgomo zayo zokuhlola abasebenzi kanye nokuthobela imithetho.
Ekugxekweni okukhulu kweqhaza elibanjwe abaphathi abaphezulu e-Amtrak ekuhlulekeni kwabo ukunqanda inkinga, umhloli waphawula, “Abaphathi abakhulu be-Amtrak abanalo ulwazi mayelana nezinga lokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa notshwala, ukuntuleka kokuzibandakanya ohlelweni. , kanye nempendulo elinganiselwe (ye-Federal Railroad Administration's) mayelana nokuphawula kwayo ngokomzimba kuphakamisa imibuzo engathi sína ngokuzibophezela kwe-Amtrak ekulawuleni ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa notshwala.”
Izikhulu kudingeke ukuthi zibheke isisebenzi ngasinye ukuze zibone izimpawu nezimpawu zokusebenzisa izidakamizwa kanye notshwala kanye ezinyangeni ezintathu, ngokwesilinganiso, kusho umbiko. I-Amtrak idingeka ukuthi yenze ukuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa ngokungahleliwe okungenani ku-25% wabasebenzi bayo abasezikhundleni ezizwelayo zokuphepha kanye nokuhlolwa kotshwala okungenani ku-10% wabasebenzi abasesimweni esibucayi ukuphepha unyaka ngamunye.
Izisebenzi ezisezikhundleni ezizwelayo zokuphepha zinemithethonqubo ephezulu yamahora okusebenza kanye nezimfuneko zehora elilinganiselwe lokungabikho emsebenzini phakathi kwamashifu. I-Amtrak inabasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-4,400 abahlangabezana nalezo zidingo, okuhlanganisa onjiniyela bezitimela, abaqhubi, abathutha izitimela, abasebenzi abalungisa amasignali kanye nomakhenikha.
Umbiko uphakamise izindlela eziningi i-Amtrak engavimbela ngayo abasebenzi ukuthi babonakale bedakiwe emsebenzini futhi besebenzisa izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni. Izincomo zihlanganisa ukwandisa imvamisa yokuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa notshwala, ukubuyekezwa kwemiphumela kanye nokuyiqhathanisa nezilinganiso zezimboni, okubonisa ukuthi ukulawulwa kwezidakamizwa notshwala kuyinto ehamba phambili kubaphathi abaphezulu be-Amtrak, ukuthuthukisa ukubhekwa kwezisebenzi ngokomzimba kanye nokuqeqeshwa okwandisiwe kwabaphathi.
IHhovisi Lomhloli Jikelele we-Amtrak liqhuba futhi liqondise ukucwaningwa kwamabhuku, ukuhlolwa, ukuhlaziya kanye nophenyo lwenkampani yezitimela. Inikeza imibiko kumakhasimende, umphakathi kanye neCongress. Umhloli jikelele we-Amtrak unesibopho sokuvimbela nokuthola ukukhwabanisa, ukumosha, ukuhlukumeza kanye nokubuyekeza izinqubomgomo zokuphepha nezokuphepha ezinhlelweni ze-ejensi nokusebenza.
U-2011 bekungunyaka werekhodi mayelana nokugibela i-Amtrak. Ithwele abagibeli abacishe babe yizigidi ezingama-30.2, okuyisilinganiso sabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-82,000 ezitimeleni ezingama-300 nsuku zonke. Ngokusho kwe-Amtrak, abagibeli bayo banyukile eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili kweyisishiyagalolunye edlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In a blistering criticism of the role senior management at Amtrak has played in its failure to curtail the problem, the inspector general noted, “Amtrak’s current senior management’s lack of knowledge about the extent of drug and alcohol use, the lack of engagement in the program, and the limited response to (the Federal Railroad Administration’s) concerns about its physical observations raise serious questions about Amtrak’s commitment to controlling drug and alcohol use.
- The recommendations include increasing the frequency of drug and alcohol testing, reviewing results and comparing them to industry averages, demonstrating that drug and alcohol control is a priority for Amtrak senior management, improving the physical observation of employees and increased training of supervisors.
- Amtrak is required to randomly perform drug testing on at least 25% of its employees in safety sensitive positions and alcohol testing on at least 10% of safety-sensitive positioned employees each year.
