Their jobs are essential, but protesting workers in Montreal say wages, treatment suggest otherwise
Health-care workers, social workers, teachers and others gathered in Jarry Park Sunday afternoon to demand pay and treatment that better reflects the heavy burden they have carried as essential workers during the pandemic.
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Posted: Mar 14, 2021 8:52 PM ET | Last Updated: March 15
Essential workers are frequently acknowledged at government news conferences, says teacher and demonstration organizer Alex Pelchat, but that s where things end. Our salaries are not better, our work conditions are not better. (Josh Grant/CBC)