Warren (Smokey) Thomas and two other former union executives were the target of a lawsuit filed by the union in January, which Thomas is now countersuing
Warren Thomas, the former president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, says in court documents that recent allegations of financial improprieties against him are part of a political campaign by his rivals that exploded after he appeared alongside Premier Doug Ford to announce an increase in the provincial minimum wage.
The union could not immediately be reached for comment, nor could union president JP Hornick and vice-president and treasurer Laurie Nancekivell, who are also named in the countersuit. Both Mr. Almeida and Mr. Gabay have not responded to multiple requests from The Globe and Mail for comment. The statement of defence alleges that the current leadership, who the documents refer to as the “politicized faction” of OPSEU, wanted the union to take an adversarial approach to Mr. Ford’s PC government and instead support the Ontario New Democratic Party . The document names the “politicized faction” as being led by Ms. Hornick, who was elected last spring, and Ms. Nancekivell, as having “close political and personal ties to the ONDP caucus.
The document says the “simmering resentment” came to a head when Mr. Thomas and other organized labour leaders appeared at the Nov. 2 press conference with Mr. Ford.
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