{"id":732,"date":"2024-08-21T10:17:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T14:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/901.iamaw.ca\/?p=732"},"modified":"2024-08-21T10:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T14:18:00","slug":"member-appreciation-picnic-a-huge-success-for-iam-local-1231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/901.iamaw.ca\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"Member Appreciation Picnic a huge success for IAM Local 1231"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather was perfect, the location was ideal, and, by all accounts, the IAM Local 1231 Member Appreciation Picnic in West Deane Park was a huge success!<\/p>\n<p>The picnic, held on Saturday, 13 July, in West Deane Park in Etobicoke, ON was attended by around 200 hundred members throughout the day. It featured face-painting, painting magnetised wooden IAM logos, sack races and much more. The Sack Race is always loads of fun:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Sack Race - IMG 5724\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YcfRf-tDWFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>IAM Canadian General Vice-President, <strong>David Chartrand<\/strong>, made sure he attended the event before his schedule took him out-of-town. Chartrand complimented the local on the excellent organisation of the event and the fact that so many members came out to participate. Dave Chartrand video:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Chartrand, IAM Canada General Vice-President - IMG 5725\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nIuDcorPwaI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Local 1231 President <strong>Merry St. Bernard<\/strong> said the Executive wanted to hold this event to reconnect with the membership as their jobs took them all over the Greater Toronto Area. \u201cThis was a great opportunity for members to get to know one another and also to meet with their union representatives.\u201d Merry St. Bernard video: \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Merry St. Bernard, President, IAM Local Lodge 1231 - IMG 5730\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QypCN1BH96A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Staff from District 78 as well as the Canadian Office attended the picnic, which continued on until the early evening.<\/p>\n<p>See all photos from the Member Appreciation event:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/iamawcanada\/albums\/72177720318807073' title='LL1231 BBQ 13 July, 2024 by IAMAW Canada, on Flickr'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/901.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53858577805_7f6a6e35d6_b.jpg\"><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather was perfect, the location was ideal, and, by all accounts, the IAM Local 1231 Member Appreciation Picnic in West Deane Park was a huge success! The picnic, held on Saturday, 13 July, in West Deane Park in Etobicoke, ON was attended by around 200 hundred members throughout the day. 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