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Montreal blue collars want local union probe after VP resigns over racist posts
MONTREAL — Some Montreal blue collar workers are calling for their union to be investigated for alleged racial bias.
The workers are asking the provincial branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees to investigate its Montreal local, after one of the local’s vice-presidents recently resigned over racist social media posts.
On May 9 union leadership said Gaétan Archambault had resigned after his alleged racist and Islamophobic posts came to light, adding that the local had zero tolerance for discrimination and racism.
But the workers said today they regularly face racism on the job and no longer have confidence in their union’s leadership to defend them.