Workers Rally Against Racism In Federal Public Service
Workers marched from the Human Rights monument to the Privy Council Office (PCO) in Ottawa demanding an end to anti-Black racism in the federal public service on Thursday. The demonstration was hosted by the Black Class Action Secretariat and various public sector unions to mark Emancipation Day, which commemorates when enslaved Indigenous and Black Peoples in the British Empire were liberated in 1834.
The rally comes after the secretariat along with its allies in the Coalition Against Workplace Discrimination revealed findings from an internal report from the Privy Council Office. It showed evidence of widespread discrimination within the office, which manages the public service.