Unifor seeks leave to challenge Suncor random drug test ruling at Supreme Court
EDMONTON — A union that represents 3,000 workers at Suncor Energy’s oilsands operations in northeast Alberta wants to take the issue of random workplace drug testing to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Ken Smith, president of Unifor local 707A, said the union is seeking leave to challenge an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling in September that was in favour of the energy giant.
Smith said the union is also seeking a court injunction to stop Suncor from bringing in random drug tests in the coming weeks.
“The matter being grieved is a matter of national importance and as such belongs before the Supreme Court,” Smith wrote in an email Friday.