The Leveller · Community NewsMay first marks International Workers' Day. In Ottawa, hundreds took to the streets to celebrate working class solidarity, march in the streets, and speak to pressing campaigns.
Groups we heard from include Punch Up Collective, What's the Winter Plan, SEIU Local 2's Justice for Janitors, Off the Defensive tenants' organizations, Shut Down CANSEC and the CAPE-ACEP labour union.
Read about it here: https://leveller.ca/2026/05/ottawas-may-day-rally-brings-together-communities-common-struggles/
Ottawa's May Day Rally Brings Together Communities, Common Struggles - The Leveller
By James Adair On May 1st, over 500 people gathered in Ottawa to celebrate May Day, otherwise known as International Workers’ Day. Colourful signs and banners of different community organizations and labour unions filled Confederation Park for a rally before a march winding throughout the downtown core. The May Day events, organized by the Punch …