What is C-58, the government's new anti-replacement-worker legislation?
What is C-58, the government's new anti-replacement-worker legislation?
Last week the federal government introduced a new piece of legislation, C-58, which is aimed at banning the practice of employers bringing in replacement workers during a contract dispute.
Experts say the legislation is the culmination of decades of work by the labour movement in Canada, while it also represents the fulfilment of a key demand in the Liberal-NDP confidence and supply agreement.
Anyone want to take bets on how quickly this will be reversed once the CPCs have a majority? The conservatives hate unions and love replacing Canadians with foreign workers while virtue signaling to "old stock" folks.
Thanks for the electoral reform Trudeau, I'm glad that it will serve you well in the coming election.
One thing I try to remind myself is a lot of Gen Z don't remember how shit having the Cons in charge is. This will basically ensure a generation of people don't vote Con for at least 20 years. It's not just the anti-union/pro-wealthy stuff directly, it's the fact they voted to not admit climate change even exists. They've taken every single thing that Millenials/Gen Z care about and done the opposite.
So, things are gonna get a lot worse for at least 4 years, and then, well, I have a feeling the NDP/Greens will suddenly leap forward in voting numbers.
It had language built into it that allows them to keep it in place. They can just stock the board that oversees the scabbing with their buddies.
Exactly like how Harper fucked up the oil and gas industry oversight board by firing all of the scientists and replacing them with oil industry lobbyists.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The first makes it illegal for employers in federally regulated industries to bring in replacement workers to continue operations previously executed by unionized employees during a legal strike or lockout.
The bill also sets out penalties for breaking the rules — $100,000 per day for employers — as well as some exceptions, such as for non-unionized contractors hired before notice of a lockout or strike, or in cases where there could be a threat to health and safety, property or the environment.
These new rules force unions and employers to negotiate early in the bargaining process (within 15 days of a notice of strike or lockout) which services would continue in the event of a dispute.
Larry Savage, a professor of labour studies at Brock University, also noted that the bill could reduce potential violence on picket lines and mitigate the damage to workplace cultures following a contract dispute.
Savage and Smith both said similar provincial legislation in Quebec and British Columbia had not led to a noticeable increase in contract disputes leading to strikes or lockouts.
"The other thing that's happening here, though, is that I think the Liberals see this as an opportunity to use the legislation as a wedge issue to undermine recent Conservative efforts to build up support amongst blue collar union members," said Savage.
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