January 26, 2024 – In the wake of a year of labour strife, and with some Canadians questioning the costs of union membership, data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Canadians near evenly split on importing union-weakening labour laws from the United States into their country.
Two-in-five (43%) say they support “right-to-work” laws, which allow employees to join union work environments but opt out of paying union dues, while two-in-five (41%) oppose them. The federal Liberal government appears to be moving in the other direction when it comes to unionized workplaces as it pushes forward with legislation to ban replacement workers, or “scabs”, in federally regulated sectors.
Right-to-work laws have spread across the United States, but only been rarely discussed in Canada.
Canadians who are members of private sector unions (48%) and those outside of them (45%) are more likely to support than oppose their province adopting right-to-work laws. A majority in public sector unions (57%) stand in opposition.
Along political lines, those who voted Conservative in 2021 (56%) are the most in favour of right-to-work laws, while past NDP voters (60%) are most opposed.
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