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Originally Posted by belsarius
No essential wouldn't be considered a scab worker, the union recognizes that they are legally not allowed to strike in their position and would allow them full access - they are not trying to counter the strike action.
Scabs are people who are crossing the line to do the work of those striking (Which is also why essential workers are told not to do the work of those on the line). It is usually an outsider that the company hires to do the work during the strike, but it can be workers who are striking and decide to go back in. Usually that forfeits their union membership so when a contract is signed they would no longer be employed.
I've seen it where the strike went so long that most of the employees just crossed the line and went back to work and ended up breaking the union for that company. As a member of the same union but a different company at the same worksite there was a lot of animosity to those people for a long time, so people don't usually cross a strike line.
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Thanks for that.
That basically confirms my understanding of scabs (at least I got that right!)... I was talking to a PSAC member who's essential and working through this and I couldn't imagine they'd put up with any friction from the strikers and being labelled a scab.