June 24 Montréal Stuart Russell, a […]
When
1976-06-24
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June 24 Montréal Stuart Russell, a member of the coordinating committee of CHAR/GCAR and a leader of the Young Socialists, was fired from his job as a telex operator with COJO, the body responsible for organizing the Summer Olympics, after marching past the COJO office during the June 19 CHAR/GCAR demonstration. This was the fourth such political firing by COJO in recent months. COJO claimed the four were fired for security reasons, and because some of them "lacked qualifications." CHAR/GCAR called for a full disclosure of the reasons for Russell's dismissal, and demanded his immediate reinstatement. (See also July 9, 1976, and Autumn 1976.)
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Autumn Montréal The Québec Human […]July 9 Montréal The Québec Civil […]June 19 Montréal CHAR/GCAR organized […]All Places
MontrealAll People
Stuart RussellAll Organizations
Comite Organisateur des Jeux Olympiques de Montreal 1976Young Socialist AllianceThe Comité homosexuel anti-repression/Gay Coalition against Repression CHAR GCAR, Association pour les droits des gai(e)s du Québec ADGQ, L’association pour les droits de la communauté gaie du Québec ADGQAll Citations
Ted Wakefield, "Politics Fair Game in Firing Practices," McGill Daily (McGill Univ., Montréal), 16 September 1976, pp. 3, 6."GCAR Activist Fired," Gay Tide, 3, no. 3 (August 1976): 10Robert Dumont, "Socialists Purged from Olympic Jobs: 'Security Risks,' Says COJO," Labor Challenge, 5 July 1976, p. 12Ron Dayman, "COJO Fires Gay Militant," Body Politic, no. 26 (1976), p. 4"Le COJO congédie avec plein salaire un 'cas de sécurité,'" La Presse, 30 June 1976, p. A3"Le CHAR dénonce le congédiement d'un employé du COJO," Gay Montréal, 1, no. 9 (27 July 1976): 3
