Replacement Workers Issue
Bills C-415, An Act to Amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers) are currently at various stages of debate in the House of Commons. They aim to prohibit employers under the Canada Labour Code - federally-regulated businesses - from using other workers, including existing nonbargaining unit employees, to perform the duties of employees who are on strike or locked out. While federally regulated enterprises are deeply concerned about the impact on themselves as employers, equally or perhaps more important is the direct impact on other enterprises and the country as a whole.
- read the FETCO backgrounder
- read the report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- letter to Members of Parliament from Don Brazier, Executive Director, FETCO March 15, 2007
Submissions to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) as part of the review of Bill C-415:
Key Observations Regarding the Effect of Replacement Workers Legislation on Workers - prepared by the Labour Program of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
The perverse effects of anti-scab measures - Montreal Economic Institute, January 2005
Letter from the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Letter from the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities