John Clarke posted this yesterday on Facebook: When a wave of arrests took place following the major confrontation at the Ontario Legislature, in June of 2000, that became known as the Queen's Park Riot, those of us who were sent to the provincial jails experienced no end of solidarity and support from the other prisoners. … Continue reading Solidarity Among Political Activists and So-Called Criminals
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May Day 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: More Rhetoric from a Union Rep: The Case of the President of the Ontario Public Services Employee Union (OPSEU), J.P. Hornick, Part Two: Do Corrections Officers Protect Us?
Introduction In my previous post in this two-part series, I showed that J.P. Hornick, the relevatively new president of the Ontario Public Services Employees Union (OPSEU) holds social-reformist or social-democratic views. I showed that she used the social-reformist and euphemistic phrases, such as "fair contract" and "good jobs"--which the management rights clause contradicts. I thought … Continue reading May Day 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: More Rhetoric from a Union Rep: The Case of the President of the Ontario Public Services Employee Union (OPSEU), J.P. Hornick, Part Two: Do Corrections Officers Protect Us?
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