The president of CUPE Ontario is under fire from some of the union's Jewish members for reposting a social media post on Facebook.
The president of CUPE Ontario is under fire from some of the union's Jewish members for reposting a social media post on Facebook.
"I was horrified at the end. I started to cry at the time, even just thinking about it makes me want to cry because this is his view of Jewish people," said Carrie Silverberg, a Local 1734 executive member who lives in the GTA."It feels like a personal attack against me and my entire community," Silverberg explained.
CUPE Ontario said in an email Wednesday, "Fred Hahn declines to provide comment to CTV about a post made on his personal Facebook account.""It is simply a divisive, ugly, vile video that goes against the values of the Olympics," said Richard Marceau with The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs in Ottawa.
Marceau said he expects a union president to respect every member, and the post of the diver makes things worse for Jewish people in Canada at a time when antisemitism is at sky-high levels."It's become such an unsafe environment. They focus so much on geopolitical events and issues when they should be focusing on labour-related issues that impact the employees of Ontario. That's where the focus should be," said Lauren Frankel.
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