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On October 19, 2006, the U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL) and the 13 members of its Drug-Free Workplace Alliance
gathered at the DOL National Office in Washington, DC to renew their
commitment to the Alliance for an additional two years and discuss
and set priorities for the program’s future. The Drug-Free
Workplace Alliance is a cooperative effort focusing on improving
worker safety and health in the construction and mining industries
through drug-free workplace programs.
During the renewal ceremony, Martha Gagné, a
representative from the White House Office of National Drug Control
Policy, spoke to Alliance members and relayed an official
Presidential Message recognizing the week and the important role
drug-free workplaces play in reducing alcohol and drug abuse in
communities nationwide. Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy Leon
R. Sequeira also addressed Alliance members, commending their efforts to keep
America’s workplaces free of the hazards of alcohol and drug abuse.
The Drug-Free Workplace Alliance is led by DOL’s
Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace program and
managed cooperatively with the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Members include:
Unions
- International Association of Bridge, Structural Ornamental and
Reinforcing Ironworkers
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos
Workers
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
- International Union of Operating Engineers
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
- Laborers' International Union of North America
- United Association of Journeyman and Apprentices of the Plumbing and
Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Associations
- American Road & Transportation Builders Association
- Associated General Contractors of America
- National Asphalt Pavement Association
- NEA - The Association of Union Constructors
- Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association
For more information about the Drug-Free Workplace Alliance, including
the actually Alliance agreement, please visit
OSHA’s Drug-Free Workplace Alliance Web page.
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