Replacement Workers

• Canadian MPs vote to ban replacement workers with ‘anti-scab’ bill

  Bill C-58 seeks to ban the use of replacement workers if there’s a strike in a federally regulated workplace, a key part of the Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence agreement.

  Canada

  May 27, 2024
  
• Nova Scotia NDP bill would ban use of replacement workers during strikes

  Nova Scotia’s NDP has tabled a bill that would ban the use of replacement workers during a strike.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2024
  
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• Liberals’ bill to ban ‘scab’ workers heads to committee after unanimous vote

  Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan said before the vote that it would be a test of whether or not the Tories truly support labour rights.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2024
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• Manitoba unions, employers wrestling over whether replacement workers during strikes are OK

  A new report released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says using replacement workers prolongs strikes and gives an unfair advantage to employers in bargaining.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2024
• Long time Alberta union boss dies at 66

  Doug O'Halloran, the long-time union president and organizer whose work included the 2005 labour disruption at Lakeside Packers, died Tuesday in Calgary.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2019