May Day in Winnipeg

On Saturday, May 1st, 200 people marched in Winnipeg to mark International Workers' Day. This year, march organizers announced a theme of "Bread and Roses" to honor women's work and contributions to the labor movement.

MayWorks, a festival of labour and the arts, will continue throughout the month of May.

The afternoon was also the kick-off of a 24-hour fundraising telethon for the Old Market Square Autonomous Zone, which raised over 10,000 dollars towards the down payment. Groups in the building are in the process of forming a tenant co-op to purchase the building, so that it can run and owned collectively.