August 5 Edmonton Bob Shumaker quit […]
When
1980-08-05
Description
August 5 Edmonton Bob Shumaker quit his job as a chemical process maker at Celanese Canada, claiming harassment and discrimination on the job because he was gay. Shumaker filed a complaint against the company with the Alberta Human Rights Commission. Later, the Energy and Chemical Workers' Union, of which Shumaker had been a member, used the case to press for a non-discrimination clause based on sexual orientation in their collective agreement. (See also April 1981.)
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April Edmonton The AHRC refused to […]All Places
EdmontonAll People
Bob ShumakerAll Organizations
Alberta Human Rights CommissionAll Citations
"Sex and the Law" (editorial), Edmonton Journal, final ed., 13 August 1980, p. A4.Fay Orr, "Workers Harass Man Into Quitting His Job," Body Politic, no. 66 (1980), p. 10Wendy Koenig, "Homosexual Claims Harassment, Quits," Edmonton Journal, final ed., 8 August 1980, p. B2Gerald Hannon, "Shumaker Case Leads Union to Back Gays," Body Politic, no. 69 (1980–81), p. 16"Gays Want Protection from Harassment," Edmonton Journal, final ed., 11 August 1980, p. B3"Commission Probes Gay's Job Complaint: Change in Rights Law Seen," Edmonton Journal, final ed., 12 August 1980, p. B2Jos Bergeron, reproductions 88, "Un gai veut être réembauché," Le Berdache, no. 13 (1980), p. 9
