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Vol. 79/No. 32 September 14, 2015
Communist League candidate
backs Quebec taxi drivers
Militant photos by John Steele
MONTREAL — Beverly Bernardo, inset, Communist League candidate for
Parliament in the Papineau riding here, campaigned at an Aug. 25 rally
of hundreds of taxi drivers defending their jobs and livelihood in face
of government-sanctioned competition from the online ride-sharing
service UberX. UberX bosses secured exemption from laws, fees and
regulations taxi drivers are saddled with. Similar actions drawing some
3,500 taxi drivers took place across Quebec.
Bernardo, a worker at Walmart, received a warm reception as she handed
out the Communist League’s platform calling for workers across Canada to
form a labor party based on the trade unions.
“We need a union, but under the law we can’t have one,” said Joseph, a
35-year veteran taxi driver. Under Quebec law, taxi drivers are deemed
self-employed and barred from forming a union. In the two previous weeks
Bernardo’s supporters collected 174 signatures in working-class
neighborhoods — well over the number needed — putting her on the ballot.
Joseph Young is the Communist League candidate for Parliament in Calgary
Skyview riding in Alberta.
— JOHN STEELE
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