CUPE Leader Hahn Refuses to Step Down After Board Asks for Resignation

Published on August 23, 2024

CUPE leader Fred Hahn is refusing to step down after the union’s board asked him to leave his post due to his social media comments sparking anti-Semitism concerns. The national arm of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) voted in favour of a motion earlier this week asking Hahn, the CUPE Ontario president and national vice-president, to resign. It came after Hahn posted a video showing an Olympic diver with a Star of David on his arm diving off a board, according to media reports. As the diver headed toward the water, he turned into a bomb and exploded, hurting civilians. The video posted by Hahn has since been deleted....

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