All Out for Montreal International Workers' Day Demonstration!

Saturday, May 2, 2026, 1:00 pm
4200 Avenue du Parc, Montreal,
(in front of the Georges-Étienne Cartier statue)

Unions and rights organizations have issued a call for an action to express the resistance of the Quebec people to the anti-social and anti-worker attacks of the CAQ government. Excerpts from the call are below:

In recent years, the economic and social rights of the entire population have been trampled. Workers are bearing the brunt of the impact: we are suffering the anti-union attacks of the CAQ, a government of bosses, while witnessing, like all citizens, government's destruction of the social safety net.

The social safety net is the means we collectively create to combat impoverishment and ensure that each of us has access to the public services and social programs we need. Union and community organizations, as well as civil society, form its bulwark and that is precisely why the CAQ is so intent on weakening us.

The CAQ's blatant disregard for our rights, and more broadly for the rule of law, is unparalleled. Respect for rights should never be negotiable subject to the whims of a government.

Today, we must resist and demand a just and equitable society, where the rights and freedoms of all are protected.

We therefore call on everyone to resist!

Workers, retirees, the unemployed, students, community groups, human rights organizations, people of all ages and backgrounds, let us unite this May 2, 2026, in Montreal for International Workers' Day under the theme "Rights Trampled, We Must Resist!"

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This article was published in

Volume 56 Number 23 - April 24, 2026

Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/TML2026/Articles/T560232.HTM

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