W.VA. TEACHER UNION SUES OVER DRUG TESTING

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia's largest teachers union has
filed a lawsuit challenging random employee drug testing of Kanawha
County school employees.

The West Virginia Education Association and the American Civil
Liberties Union filed the lawsuit Friday in Kanawha Circuit Court. A
similar lawsuit was filed late last month by another union, the
American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia.

The WVEA argues that the school board's policy violates employees'
rights and is a waste of taxpayer dollars that will not improve
student safety.

School board member Pete Thaw, the most vocal advocate of random drug
testing, said he had expected the WVEA to intervene.