Anti-Scab Labour Act, 2026
Sponsored by Gélinas, France, Gates, Wayne, West, Jamie · First Reading Ordered for Second Reading
- Bans employers from using replacement workers to do the jobs of striking or locked-out employees
- Prohibits using bargaining unit employees, newly hired staff, or transferred employees to perform struck work
- Allows replacement workers only for specific emergency services like custody, residential care, or ambulance services
- Requires employers to notify the union before using replacement workers for permitted emergency services
- Lets unions consent to use their own members instead of replacement workers for that emergency work
- Guarantees striking or locked-out employees the right to their old job back after the dispute ends
- Requires employers to accept union payments to keep employee benefits like insurance active during a strike or lock-out