war and peace, vodka and climate change
MARCH ON MAY 1ST WITH UNWAGED,
LOW-WAGED AND UNRECOGNISED
CAREGIVERS TO DEMAND OUR RIGHT
TO A LIVING INCOME!
Organised by Red Thread and endorsed by Grassroots Women across
Race, the Red Thread Domestic Violence & Rape Survivors Self-
Help Group, The National Woman’s Organisation of the Guyana
Presbyterian Church and UG Students for Social Change.
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On May 1st, Labour Day, workers of all races march in the
streets to claim their rights. We are workers too!
• We are mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters who look after
our loved ones without pay.
• We are vendors who are prevented from making a living by local
and central government who push us into corners where we
can’t get customers.
• We are old age pensioners who can’t eat or pay our bills on
$2.42 a day.
• We are mothers on public assistance, many with disabilities,
who struggle to survive on $1.78 a day.
• We are domestic workers, cleaners, security guards, shop
assistants, restaurant workers, bartenders who are forced to
accept slave conditions by employers who disobey the law.
• We are sex workers who are criminalised for struggling to
support ourselves and our families.
Bring pots and pans, other noisemakers
We say to everyone who wants a better Guyana:
• A society which pays caregivers little or nothing
is a society which does not care about people.
• A society which does not value women,
children, people with disabilities, and older
people can never stop the violence.
• A society which does not value mothers
destroys children.
Children left alone while their mothers work long
hours away from home, sometimes even in other
countries, will not learn how to care for other people
and the environment.
Don’t blame us. March with us!
• FOR A LIVING INCOME for mothers & all caregivers!
• FOR VALUING CARING, beginning with our children &
elders!
• FOR PROTECTION AND JUSTICE for woman & children
in violent situations!
• FOR EDUCATION that educates, stimulates, & does not
overburden children but leaves them time to play and
explore!
WE ARE ALL CAREGIVERS!
WE ARE ALL WORKERS!
Gather with us at 9 am- Regent & Cummings Sts
ALL WELCOME! MEN- COME OUT AND SUPPORT US
LOW-WAGED AND UNRECOGNISED
CAREGIVERS TO DEMAND OUR RIGHT
TO A LIVING INCOME!
Organised by Red Thread and endorsed by Grassroots Women across
Race, the Red Thread Domestic Violence & Rape Survivors Self-
Help Group, The National Woman’s Organisation of the Guyana
Presbyterian Church and UG Students for Social Change.
_________________________________________________
On May 1st, Labour Day, workers of all races march in the
streets to claim their rights. We are workers too!
• We are mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters who look after
our loved ones without pay.
• We are vendors who are prevented from making a living by local
and central government who push us into corners where we
can’t get customers.
• We are old age pensioners who can’t eat or pay our bills on
$2.42 a day.
• We are mothers on public assistance, many with disabilities,
who struggle to survive on $1.78 a day.
• We are domestic workers, cleaners, security guards, shop
assistants, restaurant workers, bartenders who are forced to
accept slave conditions by employers who disobey the law.
• We are sex workers who are criminalised for struggling to
support ourselves and our families.
Bring pots and pans, other noisemakers
We say to everyone who wants a better Guyana:
• A society which pays caregivers little or nothing
is a society which does not care about people.
• A society which does not value women,
children, people with disabilities, and older
people can never stop the violence.
• A society which does not value mothers
destroys children.
Children left alone while their mothers work long
hours away from home, sometimes even in other
countries, will not learn how to care for other people
and the environment.
Don’t blame us. March with us!
• FOR A LIVING INCOME for mothers & all caregivers!
• FOR VALUING CARING, beginning with our children &
elders!
• FOR PROTECTION AND JUSTICE for woman & children
in violent situations!
• FOR EDUCATION that educates, stimulates, & does not
overburden children but leaves them time to play and
explore!
WE ARE ALL CAREGIVERS!
WE ARE ALL WORKERS!
Gather with us at 9 am- Regent & Cummings Sts
ALL WELCOME! MEN- COME OUT AND SUPPORT US
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Some of the people had bland faces, some were winin',.. but the silence.. from the marchers.. in the May Day rally, was deafening.
The Red Thread pickets were about children, education, no violence, wages for uncaring work. The teachers looked and some of them had comments about 'lessons aint going nowhere fuh just now' and 'if you cant beat them join them (about corporal punishment' )...
Nice thing was that as the marchers passed.. they could read the placards which we had - some passed. But.. no chanting or calls or anything abotu solidarity for ever or any of that communist crap.. only pure Jamaican and Trini music.. and the vibes.. so after my photo moment.. I then dropped the placard and went to the market and gaffed with a guy who own a book stall
Interesting indeed!!
ReplyDeleteWhy do u think there was such silence?? I could almost feel
The silence as I read!!
We truly need a. Better Guyana!