IAM Local 2468 | IAM Section locale 2468

Shahira Azmy, after 40 years of service to RRC, close to 20 years of which was also dedicated to the members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2468, has finally decided to retire!  Shahira will be greatly missed by all her colleagues at RRC and her brothers and sisters of the IAMAW.  Having worked closely with Shahira for close to ten years at RRC and then another fifteen years within various committees and the LL2468 Executive, I will truly miss her.  She never stopped smiling, was the eternal optimist and always made time for anyone who needed it.  She truly is irreplaceable, but we will do our best as she takes her well-deserved retirement.  Shahira had this to share with everyone:

Forty years, 9 RRC presidents and 2 Lodge 2468 presidents later, I take my retirement feeling fulfilled and happy and grateful for a good career and friends and colleagues I have met along the way.

The beginning was in 1977 when I started in the RRC laboratory as a lab technician; shortly after, I was promoted to metallurgist and then became senior metallurgist.

I met very interesting people and worked with great ones from all departments as well as across the ocean at the different sites of Rolls Royce. I made a lot of friends along the way and some of which I never met but except through phone calls. The spirit of team work has always been my style and I found that working together inspired people to give their best, offer help and push themselves and others to accomplish their goals.

I got involved with the union in 1999 as I joined for the first time the negotiation team. This experience has enriched my soul and allowed me to discover a lot of things I never knew I possessed. I then became a grievance chair and had participated in five grievance committees. All my colleagues on the committee were strong and we all worked together to do the best for our members and make sure we strike a balance between the company’s needs and the union.  After 6 rounds of negotiations, it was time to let the younger generation take charge and lead the way to the future.

I leave knowing that the people in charge will do an excellent job.

So thank you Rolls Royce for a great career and a great farewell party. thanks to Lodge 2468 president George Zoni and the executive for throwing me a fantastic party and thanks to the Rolls Royce Retirees Association that offered us the great venue (Lachine Legion) and for organizing the food with my family. Thanks to the wonderful RETIREES who took the time and came to celebrate with me and thanks to my dear colleagues at work who organized the Rolls Royce party and the collection of beautiful and heart touching comments and good wishes from so many of the people I love and thanks for the beautiful gifts offered by the management of Rolls Royce.

All of you will always have a big place in my heart. God bless you all.

Shahira Azmy

La SL 2468 vous souhaite une merveilleuse retraite!

Janis started her career at Rolls Royce Canada on June 5, 1978 as an input/output clerk. Janis climbed the ladder steadily becoming a senior inventory analyst and her introduction into her current role of Customer Service Technical Representative on December 16, 1996.

Janis has occupied this role since then and became a great mentor for her colleagues. Janis is very well liked and has always kept her beautiful smile even through tough times. 

Janis is starting her well-deserved retirement on November 29, 2017.

Wishing Janis a very happy, healthy and fun retirement.

 

Matt McConville is retiring after 42 years at Rolls Royce Canada. Matt started in the supply chain on February 2, 1975 in the supply chain. Through the years Matt has climbed the ladder in the organization and is retiring as a well established and experienced MRPC as of November 1, 2017.

Wishing Matt a happy, healthy long retirement.

Judith Leaper et Ray Lyons ont été aperçus chez RRC aujourd’hui en vendant des coquelicots! Je me souviens.

À la suite de la disparition mystérieuse du marteau SL2468 lors du déménagement du bureau syndicale en 2014, deux collaborateurs ont surpris les membres de SL2468 lors de la réunion mensuelle du 12 septembre 2017 avec un marteau de remplacement.

Ed O’Flaherty, membre à la retraite de 2468 et représentant des retraités de 2468, a demandé le soutien du menuisier artisanale Mark Currin, gérant de projets, pour fabriquer un nouveau marteau pour 2468.

Lorsque demandé par Ed comment la SL2468 pouvait rembourser Mark, Mark avait ceci à dire:

« Merci Ed. Si vous vous en souvenez, je vous suis redevable depuis environ 15 ans. En tant que nouveau venu au Canada, vous êtes venu a mon aide et j’ai apprécié cela peut-être plus que ce que j’ai mentionné.

Le marteau n’était qu’un cadeau d’appréciation principalement pour vous, mais aussi pour vos concitoyens canadiens pour l’accueil de ma famille ici tous ces ans. Immigrer au Canada a changé nos vies et nous l’appelons maintenant notre pays.

J’ai aimé faire le marteau. Je n’avais pas fait un avant alors j’ai passé du temps à explorer des dessins sur Internet; il n’y a pas de frais et, s’il y avait, je le donnerais toujours. Pour moi, la joie était de voir les sourires. Vous ne le savez jamais, je pourrais avoir une commission pour faire autre chose, mais honnêtement, si jamais je peux vous aider ou vous voulez un de mes oeuvres sur votre manteau, il ne faut que demander. »

Des membres de la SL2468, Merci Mark!