No one should be treated that way.
That was the message as Unifor Local 444 recognized the National Day of Commemoration and Action to end violence against women.
The 16th annual memorial service took place Tuesday morning at the memorial across from the Windsor Assembly Plant to remember Mary Lou who worked at plant 6 and was killed by her partner.
This year, a red dress was pinned to a tree as part of the Redress Project to represent the 1200 aboriginal women who have gone missing or murdered in Canada.
"This is not a women's problem,"said Unifor Local 444 President Dino Chiodo. "This is our collective problem together and it shouldn't be just one day on December 6th to talk about it, we should be talking about it regularly."
When asked if she believes the day while violence against women will end, Sue McKinnon, chair of the women's committee replied " I wish it was today and we can move forward because no one deserves to be treated that way."
White carnations are placed on the MaryLou memorial. December 6, 2016. Photo by Teresinha Medeiros
27 years ago, 14 women were gunned down in the Montreal Massacre at L'Ecole Polytechnique. During today's memorial, white carnations were placed on the memorial rock and 14 red ribbons were pinned in a wreath to remember the victims.