MFL Hosts Women’s Memorial Luncheon

The Manitoba Federation of Labour is hosting a luncheon at the Union Centre on December 5th in honour of women who have lost their lives to violence.

Tickets are $20 and are available at the MFL office at 303-275 Broadway or by phone at 204-947-1400. Net proceeds will go to the MFL Women’s Memorial Fund. Everyone is also encouraged to bring a “Tin for the Bin” in support of Winnipeg Harvest.

Across the country the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is marked by vigils, discussions and other reflections on violence against women.

On Dec. 6, 1989, a gunman entered L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, segregating the female students from the male students and began firing at the female engineering students.

On that day, 14 young women lost their lives to violence. The event has become known as the Montreal Massacre and is symbolic of the fight to end violence against women. In 1991, Canada’s Parliament declared December 6 a National Day of Mourning and the National Day to End Violence Against Women.