Posted: May 07, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 7
Annette Bouzi says OPSEU s head office did absolutely nothing to support her when she complained about sexist and racist treatment within her union local at Algonquin College.(Ashley Burke/CBC)
Deep systemic flaws within one of Ontario s largest unions have allowed sexist and racist behaviour to go unpunished for months, sometimes even years, according to current and former union members and social justice advocates.
Annette Bouzi, a law professor and the first Black woman to be elected president of the faculty union at Algonquin College in Ottawa,
Bouzi launched a complaint against the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in February, alleging the union failed to protect her.
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