{"id":1661,"date":"2014-02-20T21:47:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T21:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2014-02-20T21:50:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T21:50:05","slug":"oxfam-honours-iam-for-philippines-relief-contribution-oxfam-thanks-iam-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/?p=1661","title":{"rendered":"OXFAM Honours IAM for Philippines Relief Contribution! OXFAM thanks IAM Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Executive Director of Oxfam Canada, Robert Fox, presented IAM Canada with a commemorative plaque in recognition of the Union\u2019s contribution towards Oxfam\u2019s relief and reconstruction work in areas of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 8, 2013. Joining IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie in accepting the honour were members of the IAM Canada Philippine community. (Left to right) Manny Crescencia, Angeles De Guzman, Arlene Danota, Rowena Bicera, Robert Fox \u2013 Oxfam Executive Director, Barrington Barnett, and GVP Dave Ritchie<\/p>\n

Toronto, ON \u2013 Oxfam Canada honoured Canadian Machinists in recognition of the generous contribution made towards Oxfam\u2019s relief efforts in areas of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 8, 2013.
\nThe IAM Canada donation of $50,000.00 matched the highest amount donated by any union within the Canadian movement. More than $600,000.00 was donated to Oxfam\u2019s relief efforts by unions across the country. \u201cWe were very, very pleased at the tremendous generosity and support from the IAM,\u201d said Oxfam Canada Executive Director Robert Fox. \u201cThe Machinists played a critical role, a leadership role within the Canadian Labour movement. They matched the highest donation from any union to this disaster and it reflects a history where the Machinists have been there when there have been major disasters around the world supporting the response.\u201d IAM Canada answered the call with a $25,000.00 donation to Oxfam Canada in 2004 to support its relief efforts in the tsunami \u2013shattered regions of Asia.<\/p>\n

Also on hand at the presentation ceremonies were members of the IAM Philippine community. Manny Cresencia of IAM Local Lodge 717T, a retiree from Magellan Aerospace was joined by Airport Security Screeners Angelas De Guzman, Arlene Danota and Rowena Bicera, members of IAM Local Lodge 2921. Their employer, Garda Security Incorporated graciously gave them time off work to attend the presentation. Also in attendance was Barrington Barnett, IAM District Lodge 140 General Chairperson responsible for the airport security screeners. The reason for the donation was best summed up by IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie. \u201cOur motto is justice on the job and service to the community and I think it\u2019s important that the community needs to know that the union is there for everybody and we\u2019re responding on the basis of need and let me tell you, there is a terrible need in the Philippines right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

To date, Oxfam has reached 500,000 of the worst affected people with life-saving supplies. Making sure people have clean water, safe sanitation and a roof over their heads is Oxfam’s immediate priority.<\/p>\n

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The Executive Director of Oxfam Canada, Robert Fox, presented IAM Canada with a commemorative plaque in recognition of the Union\u2019s contribution towards Oxfam\u2019s relief and reconstruction work in areas of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 8, 2013. Joining IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie in accepting the honour were members of the IAM Canada Philippine community. (Left to right) Manny Crescencia, Angeles De Guzman, Arlene Danota, Rowena Bicera, Robert Fox \u2013 Oxfam Executive Director, Barrington Barnett,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1664,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions\/1664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}