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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Exposing the Intolerance and Censorship of Social Democracy, Part One: The Working Class, Housing and the Police
Introduction From around February 20 until May 23, 2021 I belonged to an organization in Toronto called Social Housing Green Deal. The organization came to my attention when one of my friends on Facebook invited me to join. The reason why I joined is that it is involved in a movement for defunding (if not … Continue reading Exposing the Intolerance and Censorship of Social Democracy, Part One: The Working Class, Housing and the Police
Working for an Employer May Be Dangerous to Your Health, Part One
The title is a variation of one of the subsections in chapter two of Jeremy Reiman's The Rich Get Richer … and the Poor Get Prison. In a couple of earlier posts, I pointed out that working for an employer involves needless deaths and injuries (The Issue of Health and Safety in the Workplace Dominated by … Continue reading Working for an Employer May Be Dangerous to Your Health, Part One
The Abolitionary 