1/5 The occupation is not a working-class uprising, and in fact, is anti-worker. 1,500 retail workers have been impacted at the Rideau Centre after the mall was forced to close due to extreme harassment by maskless occupation participants.
2/5 Polo park is also under similar threat in light of the maskless protest planned to take over the mall, which could potentially result in workers having to go home, in turn losing pay.
3/5 Moreover, truckers (90% of whom are vaccinated) are stranded at border crossings because of the blockades impacting their ability to do their job and forcing Ford, Toyota and GM plants to shut down for the week impacting workers ability to earn a living.
4/5 And meanwhile truck and vehicle occupations say nothing about endemic wage theft in the trucking industry, including the 4,800 complaints regarding unpaid wages to ESDC in the past 3 years.
5/5 We need to acknowledge that this is not a protest and is in fact an occupation that is being financially supported by far right extremists in Canada and the United States. This is not peaceful, this is anti-worker.
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