May 3, 2012 – 6:30 AM ET
..It’s hard to blame the May Day protesters: Receiving 4,000 pink slips from Ottawa the day before would make anyone don a “Stephen Harper Hates Me” T-shirt, as many members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) did for their recent march on Parliament Hill.
On the same day, in Montreal, an anti-capitalist group, CLAC, commemorated May Day by throwing rocks at stores and cars, leading to 95 arrests. While the labour movement did not organize that march, it is supporting Quebec students who have been protesting tuition increases for the past 10 weeks, and whose demonstrations have gotten similarly out of hand. Not only are Quebec unions backing the students, but others in the rest of Canada are sending them money: Two Ontario branches of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) gave $30,000 to the most militant group, CLASSE, with whom the Quebec government refuses to negotiate because of the violence perpetrated during some of their protests. Read More »
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