On International Workers’ Day, we are reminded of the power of workers organizing for labour rights and economic justice. CUPE Saskatchewan joins in solidarity with workers and their unions around the world actively engaged in collective bargaining and striking, mobilizing and empowering workers, and organizing for fair wages, safer and better working conditions, and stronger public services!

At a time of a growing cost of living crisis and after years of public services being long starved of funds, understaffed, and public service workers undervalued, now is the time for all workers to remain united – and to support fellow unions in their bargaining and strikes! Unions raise the bar for everyone!

The right to strike is a fundamental human right of all workers in all sectors of the economy – especially so in the public sector as workers collectively bargain with governments as the employer and funder of public services.

May Day is a time to reflect on the power of workers’ solidarity and how, through unions, workers have fought and won hard, enduring struggles to establish collective bargaining and democracy in the workplace to bring decency, fairness, and safety standards to our work.

It is a day to draw inspiration from the historical struggle through workers’ solidary for the regulation of work hours with the eight-hour workday and adequate time for rest.

It is a day to reflect on the power of solidarity to resist privatization, defend workers’ rights, and demand social, economic, and climate justice.

It is a day to resolve to do much more, together.

Together, workers have the power to stand up for justice, fight back against austerity and privatization, and defend our rights when they are under attack.

International solidarity deepens our power as workers to demand action on the change we wish to see, connecting the struggles for labour rights and economic justice with the struggles for racial justice, migrant justice, and climate justice.

Solidarity with all workers from CUPE Saskatchewan!

Workers, united, will never be defeated.

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