Border services officers at the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel and the Ambassador Bridge are back on the job.
The agents walked off the job at the tunnel at approximately 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and officers at the bridge did so about four hours later.
Border operations were maintained by management staff while officers were off the job.
Jean D'Amelio Swyer, regional communications manager for Canada Border Services Agency, said in an email the workers invoked their right to refuse work under the Canada Labour Code.
Although the union is in bargaining, the local president, Ace Essex, said the work refusals were related to health and safety issues and not the talks. Essex wouldn't elaborate further.
Border services officers do retain the right to refuse work under the Canada Labour Code, if they have reasonable cause to believe that work activity constitutes a danger to themselves or another person, Swyer said.
A safety officer from the labour program of Human Resources and Skills Development Labour Canada investigated the work refusals and at 3 a.m. Thursday and found border agents were in no danger.
Officers returned back to work after the ruling.
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