Minnesota and Wisconsin MCA and UA groups first to take statewide initiative.
Minnesota and Wisconsin took the first statewide initiative June 1 to perform random drug testing on union plumbers, steam fitters and sprinkler fitters. The programs are expected to increase workplace quality and productivity and decrease workplace accidents and insurance costs.
In Minnesota, the Minnesota Pipe Trades Association (MPTA), which represents more than 6,100 union employees, and the Minnesota Mechanical Contractors Association (MMCA), serving more than 130 signatory contractors, jointly have committed to the program. In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Pipe Trades Association (WPTA), representing 7,300-plus union employees, and the Mechanical Contractors Association of Wisconsin (MCAW), representing more than 500 signatory contractors, also jointly agreed to the plan.