Unifor Local 707-A had argued that random testing would be a violation of workers’ rights and privacy. EDMONTON—A union that represents 3,000 oilsands workers at Suncor Energy sites in northeastern Alberta has won a court injunction against random drug testing. “The request by Suncor to increase the scope of drug and alcohol testing by implementing random testing would necessarily impact employees who have no drug and alcohol issues and who have not been involved in workplace incidents.”Belzil noted that Suncor already has non-random drug and alcohol testing. He said both parties agree that the Suncor workplace is dangerous, but agree on virtually nothing else. 1 priority here.”Suncor and the union have been battling over random drug tests since 2012.

Source: thestar December 07, 2017 21:45 UTC