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JP Hornick | |
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| 8th President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Warren (Smokey) Thomas |
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| 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]
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]
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]
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