May Day Rally

May 01, 2023 at
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM PST
Vancouver City Hall 453 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4

Join us on May 1st, International Workers’ Day, for a rally at Vancouver City Hall!

Gather at Helena Gutteridge Plaza at City Hall.

This May Day let’s gather in solidarity for a city that works for all of us. Let’s stand up for living wages, renter rights, affordable housing, and real action on Reconciliation, equity, the opioid crisis, and climate!

Let’s send a powerful message that we will not accept our coworkers, neighbours, and communities being left behind!

Speakers:
Jennifer Nahanee
Stephen von Sychowski, VDLC President
Pete Fry, Vancouver City Councillor
Adrianne Carr, Vancouver City Councillor
Christine Boyle, Vancouver City Councillor
Karen Ranalletta, CUPE BC President
Serena Jackson, Women Transforming Cities
Jamey Mills – Public Service Alliance of Canada – BC Region, Regional Vice President
DJ Larkin – Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Neil Vokey – Vancouver Tenants Union

Music by Left Coast Labour Chorus. Poetry by Peter Marcus.

Please attend, bring a friend, and share the event with others.

Mask friendly event.

Before or after the event, we encourage you to check out the May Day event being hosted by our friends at Worker Solidarity Network. The event will take place on May 1 from 3pm-9pm (with a break for the rally!), at Grandview Church just off Commercial Drive. This will be a opportunity to celebrate International Workers’ Day with your local worker organizations and grassroots collectives. There will be multiple workshops running throughout the day, speakers, music, food and more!

​The Vancouver and District Labour Council acknowledges that this event takes place on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) nations.

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