Labour minister tables replacement-worker legislation promised in Liberal-NDP deal

Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says the bill will bar employers from hiring someone to do the work of anyone who is on strike or lockout, and will apply to multiple work sites including federal Crown corporations, airports, ports and the federal public service.

There are exceptions if not replacing workers would constitute a threat to health and safety, or could cause serious property or environmental damage. The bill fulfils a promise the Liberals made in the 2021 election to ban the use of replacement workers if an employer locks its employees out. But it goes a step further to extend the ban to strikes, too, a major component of the Liberals' supply-and-confidence deal with the NDP.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says that without his party and decades of pressure from unions, this bill would not have happened.

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