WHEREAS:

Employer attempts to drug test AFSCME members without reasonable suspicion can violate workers' rights to due process, privacy, and freedom from unreasonable searches; and

WHEREAS:

Drug tests are an extremely limited tool for combating substance abuse because they do not determine impairment, when drugs were taken, or whether individuals are occasional or habitual users; and

WHEREAS:

Drug tests must be performed by qualified personnel who follow strict procedures in order to get accurate test results.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

That AFSCME continue its opposition to random or other forms of testing which are not based on individualized reasonable suspicion; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:

That all drug tests be conducted in accordance with the Department of Health and Human Service's guidelines for federal workplace drug testing and be performed by accredited laboratories; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:

In contract negotiations AFSCME will fight for free, employer-paid, union controlled drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs as well as other demands to address the needs of workers with drug and alcohol problems; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED:

That any discipline resulting from drug tests or drug use be based upon job performance and be consistent with any negotiated agreements and principles of progressive discipline.

SUBMITTED BY:

Blondie P. Jordan, President
Jeanette Wynn, Secretary-Treasurer
AFSCME, Council 79
Florida

Judy Levy, Delegate
AFSCME Local 1583, Council 25
Ann Arbor, MI

John Riehl, Delegate
AFSCME Local 207, Council 25
Detroit, MI