Aboriginal & Workers of Colour

Please read statement from Unifor National March 21, 2018 Too many Indigenous people and black Canadians have been denied justice in the last year alone, and this is a historical problem that is rooted in racism. Colten Boushie, Tina Fontaine, Abdoul Abdi, Ebrahim Toure, and Mavis Korkor Lamyoh. These are the names of just a few of the Indigenous and people of color who have become victims and survivors of Canada’s justice system this last year. Unifor states the names of these individuals to recognize and give voice to the daily lived experiences of racism. Our union joins a growing number of people in remembering these stories and will honour their experience by demanding justice in what is Canada’s unequal criminal justice system. The union also rejects the criminalization of immigratio...