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Anti-scab bill becomes law but vulnerabilities remain - rabble.ca

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After years of lobbying and public pressure from the labour movement, anti-scab legislation has finally come into effect at the federal level.

A federal bill restricting use of replacement workers came into effect on Friday morning. Major labour organizations like the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and Unifor are celebrating this development as the end of a practice that undermined workers’ right to strike. Bill C-58 received royal assent on June 20, 2024 and became law a year later. The bill says that if a legal strike or lockout is in place, no federally-regulated employer or anyone acting on their behalf can employ a replacement worker, commonly referred to as a scab, to perform all or part of the duties of an employee who is in t

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