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JP Hornick | |
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| 8th President of theOntario Public Service Employees Union | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Warren (Smokey) Thomas |
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| Profession | Union organizer |
JP Hornick is a Canadianlabour leader and the current president of theOntario 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 atGeorge 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 aToronto 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 MarshallToronto Pride Parade.[5]
