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Anti-scab legislation now! | Unifor.org (www.unifor.org)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/canadalabour@lemmy.ca
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[–] -5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Unions are necessary to balance out greedy/corrupt employers, and scabs are necessary to balance out greedy/corrupt unions.

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Scabs are class traitors and entirely unnecessary. They weaken the labour movement for their own gain. Selfish and unwelcome.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I disagree. That makes it sound like ideology is the driving force. No ideology is perfect and there are reasonably held ideologies that cannot be reconciled with each other.

    Scabs should be illegal under the same legislation that makes unions possible. The vast majority of union contracts require the employer to hire only union labour. Under those contracts, hiring scabs during a labour dispute is a violation of the contract, plain and simple, no ideology required.

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