Thousands of people are expected at the traditional International Workers’ Day demonstration in eastern Montreal on Wednesday 1er may.
The rally will be held at 5:30 p.m. at François-Perrault Park, near the Saint-Michel metro station in eastern Montreal, under the theme “United so that our voices carry”. Walkers will travel to Jean-Talon Hospital, following the street of the same name.
The organization wants to take advantage of this to mark the gains obtained by workers, in particular thanks to the latest public sector negotiations, “which made it possible to make significant progress in terms of the defense of rights and improvement of working conditions and ‘job “.
But she also wants to talk about the struggles that remain to be waged, for example for workers with precarious status, those who have harsh working conditions, temporary foreign workers, explained in an interview Tuesday Ariane Beauchemin Pepin, spokesperson for the Coalition of 1er may.
She invites the general public to join the demonstrators.
“It is to remember the past struggles, the struggles of workers, the sacrifices that were made to gain, but also to continue this work for the future, to unite so that the government hears our concerns and that we feel that we can be part of the decisions, that we feel that we have a government that makes decisions for the well-being of its population, to reduce inequalities,” summarizes Ms. Beauchemin Pepin.
The protection of the social safety net is also on the menu, as are other causes that are close to the hearts of workers, such as inflation, the housing crisis and health reform, she argued.