Employer Drug Testing and Legislation by Congress Considered

It appears that there may be some future new				woman) has the right to meaningful work and if
employment laws with regards to employee drug				we are going to test for drugs at work, then let's
testing, whether it be random or mandatory. The				test Congress, the Senate, the President, Cabinet,
ACLU and Congress, prompted by the Unions feel				Supreme Court, and make the findings public! See
that drug testing is degrading and violates				how far the legislation goes then?
someone's civil rights.				You can see how some of the raw emotion of
The business community and corporate opposition				this particular debate rages on, as opponents of
contend that workplace safety is a key ingredient				drug testing claim "We already know there is
to a successful company, and that workmen's				abuse, widespread in DC," so let's test them too.
compensation insurance and health care plans are				Corporate lobbyists want to have the option to
already too costly in the case of a work related				drug test, unions and workers do not want the
accident caused in part by drug use.				invasion of what goes on in their personal lives to
So, there are many sides to this issue. Another				cost them their careers.
contention is that an employee can choose not to				More interesting in all this employment law debate
work for an employer that decides they will test				is what happens in the future when some illegal
for drugs because it is intrusive, just quit, no one				drugs are ruled legal, as that will launch a
says you have to work there!				completely set of fission material into the
Still, others on the Union side say that a man (or				controversy, so please consider all this.