Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Originally published May 1, 2012.
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Several May Day demonstrations are taking place in Montreal today, including the Anti-Capitalist Convergence demonstration and the annual union march. Striking students are also out in full force, continuing 12 weeks of protests against tuition fee hikes in Quebec. This May Day has increased significance in the province of Quebec. Thousands of workers are affected by the shut-down of aircraft repair company, Aveos Fleet Performance and a lock-out at mining giant, Rio Tinto Alcan. FSRN's Lillian Boctor talked to organizers and participants about today's actions in Montreal.
Those were the voices of Marie-Eve Lamy a spokesperson for today's Anti-Capitalist May Day Demonstration, Jerome Charaoui, a striking student from the Universite de Montreal, and Mostafa Henaway, Community Organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre.
