JP Hornick explained

JP Hornick
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Office:8th President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Term Start:2022
Predecessor:Warren (Smokey) Thomas
Profession:Union organizer

JP Hornick is a Canadian labour leader and the current President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). Hornick was elected to the role April 2022 succeeding Warren (Smokey) Thomas.[1] Hornick is also the current Coordinator of the School of Labour at George Brown College.[2]

Community

Hornick serves as a board member of Red Dress Productions, a community arts organization, which investigates the relationship between community narratives and urban public space.[3]

Activism

In September 2000, Hornick was arrested on a liquor license violation following a Toronto Police raid on a women's bathhouse organized by the Toronto Women's Bathhouse Committee, a project of the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Charges were dismissed by a judge in 2002, citing a violation of constitutional rights during the raid.[4] That same year, Hornick was named co-Grand Marshall Toronto Pride Parade.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OPSEU/SEFPO welcomes new leadership: JP Hornick and Laurie Nancekivell. 2024-07-09 . newswire.ca . en-CA.
  2. Web site: School of Labour: Staff Profiles. 2024-07-09. georgebrown.ca. en-CA.
  3. Web site: Red Dress Productions . 2024-07-09 . reddressproductions.blogspot.com . en-CA.
  4. Web site: The Pussy Palace Raid: A Brief Herstory - The ArQuives . 2024-07-09 . arquives.ca . en-CA.
  5. Web site: JP Hornick, President of OPSEU/SEFPO . 2024-07-09 . opseu.org . en-CA.