HOLYHEAD WISHES JACK A HAPPY RETIREMENT

Overforty RMT members and their families attended Holyhead No.1 branch awards night last month.

As well as RMT regional organiser Daren Ireland presenting 10 and 25-year badges for RMT members working for Stena Line, Network Rail, Transport for Wales, and Avanti West Coast, RMT President Alex Gordon presented a 40-year award to RMT stalwart, Dave Griffiths (former TfW Guards Company Council Representative) and a 50-year badge and medal to Jack Jones.

Jack retired last year as Holyhead No.1 branch secretary after a career that began in Holyhead Marine Yard before he became a Signaller and trade union panel member at Employment Tribunals. Jack was elected a member of RMT’s Executive (2006-8) and was an RMT Tutor for over 15 years.

Holyhead No.1 branch secretary Steve Conway presented Jack with an inscribed pocket watch on behalf of branch members. On behalf of the whole union Alex Gordon thanked Jack and his wife Pat for a lifetime of service to members and wished them a long and happy retirement together.