Negotiating and Teaching Workplace Drug Testing: A Labor Perspective

Workplace drug testing policy as an issue for collective bargaining is discussed from a union perspective. A framework of union values is recommended to guide labor's negotiations. Exhibits offer a pre-negotiations checklist, sample questions for employers on proposed drug testing policy, and a letter to union members to educate them about workplace drug testing. Labor educators are encouraged to assist unions by teaching classes on workplace drug testing. The study presents a list of potential class topics and gives anecdotal observations about unionists' responses to this teaching topic.