CEGEP students to protest Wednesday against unpaid internships

Striking CEGEP students will hold a demonstration in Montreal on Wednesday afternoon to protest against unpaid internships.
Thousands of CEGEP students are on strike across the province this week as part of pressure tactics to obtain pay for mandatory internships and to ensure that their working conditions are covered by the province’s labour standards law.
Amelie Poirier, an activist with the committee, known by its French acronym CUTE, said unpaid internships are most common in fiel