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MONTREAL Some 420,000 public workers went on strike for the first time Nov. 6, demanding a new contract with the Quebec government. A majority of them are health and education workers united in a Common Front of four union federations. These are the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN),
Under conditions of a dramatic upsurge of workers’ struggles in Canada and internationally struggles that have increasingly taken the form of rank-and-file rebellions against the union bureaucracy the Trudeau government, and its union and NDP allies are acutely aware that they must create new mechanisms to suppress the class struggle.
Although contracts for their 420,000 members expired more than seven months ago, Monday’s half-day strike was the first job action called by the Common Front inter-union alliance.
Quebec s Common Front of public sector workers says it will strike again in two weeks if it is unable to come to an agreement with the provincial government.