The first demands related to the labour market were not long in coming, as Quebec s largest union federation announced its priorities even before the official call of the federal election.
Quebec public sector workers’ struggle at the crossroads
Demonstration of health care workers protesting inhumane working conditions, including lack of PPE and endless hours of forced overtime, during the pandemic’s first wave in spring 2020.
The struggle Quebec’s 550,000 public sector workers are waging against the efforts of the right-wing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) provincial government to impose new wage-cutting contracts on them is in grave danger. The province’s major labour federations the Quebec Federation of Labour (QFL), the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU) and the
Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) have all announced in recent days that they have reached “global agreements” with the government of the ex-Air Transat CEO François Legualt.
Trudeau is rewarding Yussuff for his services in suppressing the class struggle, and supporting the multi-billion dollar bailout of the banks and big business during the coronavirus pandemic.
The determined stand taken by the miners, employed by multinational Vale Inco, is the latest example of a growing rebellion of the working class across North America against the trade union bureaucracy, which is collaborating with the employers to enforce the dictates of the financial oligarchy.