I was a maintenance welder at General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, starting as an apprentice on July 14, 1980 and retiring on December 1, 2019. I completed an MA in 2023 in the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I am an active member of my Local union, Unifor Local 222. My book The Truth About the '37 GM Oshawa Strike was published in 2024 by Baraka Books: www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/the-truth-about-the-37-osha...

I am the administrator of the Unifor Solidarity Movement website: solinet.ca/

I am interested in labour history, and am the co-producer of "Karaoke Union Songs" with two partners.

I am a tournament Scrabble player. I finished 2nd at the Canadian National Scrabble Championship in 2005, and in 2006 I organized the Human vs. Computer Showdown: www.poslfit.com/tso/ youtu.be/9Zv3vF02H7M