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]
JP Hornick | |
|---|---|
| 8th President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Warren (Smokey) Thomas |
| Personal details | |
| Profession | Union organizer |
Community
editHornick 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
editIn 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]
References
edit- ^ "OPSEU/SEFPO welcomes new leadership: JP Hornick and Laurie Nancekivell". newswire.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "School of Labour: Staff Profiles". georgebrown.ca. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "Red Dress Productions". reddressproductions.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "The Pussy Palace Raid: A Brief Herstory - The ArQuives". arquives.ca. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "JP Hornick, President of OPSEU/SEFPO". opseu.org. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
