[1] She is a former labour union leader of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec.
She is now councilor and spokesperson of the left-wing SPQ Libre, a political faction within the Parti Québécois.
Richard obtained a bachelor's degree in education sciences from the École Normale Eulalie-Durocher in 1969 and became teacher at the primary level.
From 1984 to 1999 she was the vice-president of the executive council of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec, and served as the president from 1999 to 2003.
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