Fredericton
Moncton
To mark International Workers’ Day, we gather across New Brunswick to affirm a simple truth: a worker is a worker, no matter where we come from or what immigration status we hold.
At a time when racism, xenophobia, and anti-migrant policies are being used to divide workers, these May Day forums will bring together migrant justice organizers from Minneapolis and New Brunswick and you to name divide-and-rule strategies and organize against them.
Instead of addressing rising rents, low wages, crumbling public services, and deepening inequality, politicians are turning to deportation, enforcement, and Trump-style immigration policies like Bill C-12. Migrants are being scapegoated so that the people most responsible for this crisis can escape accountability. We refuse that divide.
Featuring Aizar Cabrera from the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, who will speak about the ongoing fight for survival in Minneapolis and how migrant communities are building solidarity in the face of escalating attacks.
This year also marks 60 years since Canada created the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, a system built to extract migrant labour while denying migrants rights, permanent resident status, and dignity. Six decades later, the same logic is being used to scapegoat migrants for a crisis created by government policy and corporate greed.
Join migrant community organizers, activists, and unionists for an evening of political discussion, shared analysis, and collective strategy. Together, we will share stories of struggle and resistance, lift up migrant-led solutions, and organize for a future where every worker has rights, dignity, and status.
Speakers
- Aizar Cabrera — Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee
- Stacy Plummer — New Brunswick migrant worker and advocate, MWAC member
- Niger Saravia — Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC)
- Cristian Sanabria — Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre
- Tracy Glynn — Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre & Socialist Project Fredericton
Fredericton event only: Wolastoq Grand Council Chief Ron Tremblay