PHOTOS BY NORMAN GARCIA

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Weyerhaeuser is starting its arbitrary substance impairment program in some IWA prairie operations and the union says what they are trying to do is an unacceptable way to treat employees

BY NORMAN GARCIA

; id sub: e abuse in the rkplace, READY TO BE HAULED OFF withouta ial ay pet te Fe, oa

moment’s notice. Drop a log or bust a windshield ub believe they a a ona machine or even cut your finger? You could be ees Local 1 84 pela Pal

peeing in a cup or on the business end of a breathalyzer so fast, it will en mee” licy : : E ertausil make your head spin! Weyerhaeuser says it cares and it’s all about safety. and ee people are believing tha 3 & 9 5 = ai is infringing on the sndhidual The IWA says it may be an invasion of personal privacy and is causing a 2 Bec and that these overbearing

2 : - s ne of personal privacy must be deep mistrust in the Bie and with the union. nope sao Brother Hellen, "There's no Way

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ur union condones either alcohol or drug

Workers are scared about even minor safety k th P the jok ip days. Weyerhaeuser i is on the lookout for a oie of alcohol and or drug fe and health ae i ys todo impairment in the “workpl: es. a Alls leas 207 they've tried to nail IWA things pee ravi ee while they've tried the Brother Hallen fe out that, to its credit, + aims it will still itk 1 I tL P Hudson Bay. All pine the use 0 of E d assistance programs, short and qo 1 pl oe gar NEP t + ‘ ays and leaves, a ‘At OSB 2000, aay Cal c Ff shield on a Te ‘The (dienes A dronped a log from a clam on the loader! Ma Another worker i in the sae it his lip after bumping into a steel beam while a pekieel Rails Maa RIGHTS operating a mi 5 y were taken! to the Norwood Mot tel i in Hudson Bay, grees witk Saskatchewan, w where the y stitute “an i intrusion” ei ale has fa forms senbhome g Its, whick 4 ive in both cases which are designed to Te — to sign over consent to alcohol and drug In Slave Lake, ffered a cut fi gt hich required itches. Off (see ‘Weyco’s Testing Grounds “top page for atest! A forklift who accidently t ped anott chine in tig eer fT g d e form says: “I understand and agree that I may refuse to sign the ” What's all this pane all about? ee of/Retum to Duty Agreement or see a Substance Abuse “Last fall Weyerhaeuser st i pl a thei SB nil ‘are going | if Profess: ional b w v g = ae

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