{"id":3970,"date":"2014-06-12T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T20:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2014-06-12T15:40:02","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T20:40:02","slug":"a-well-deserved-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=3970","title":{"rendered":"A well-deserved retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/jp_ret_e.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3973\" alt=\"jp_ret_e\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/jp_ret_e.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/jp_ret_e.png 600w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/jp_ret_e-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Written by Julie Dubois<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the sky gets dark, and your worries weigh you down, there is always someone close by to help you. This person who crossed my path, this dependable man who is a constant source of support taught me how to keep my head up high. Jean-Pierre Naud contributed countless hours to our workers\u2019 organization. He made a distinct impact on the Quebec region, following in the significant footsteps of his predecessor Bernard Labont\u00e9, who was named a lifetime member of our union. He easily filled the shoes of this great man. Retirement smiled upon this accessible and generous man.<\/p>\n<p>The regional executive had the honour of celebrating his contributions at a dinner on June 6 at the restaurant St-Bernard near Mont Ste-Anne.<\/p>\n<p>I have no doubt that my union brothers and sisters will join me in wishing him the best for this next great adventure. Thank you for everything, Brother Naud!<\/p>\n<p>Happy retirement &#8211; you&#8217;ve earned it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/JP_NAUD.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3972\" alt=\"JP_NAUD\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/JP_NAUD.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/JP_NAUD.png 600w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/JP_NAUD-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to see more pictures from the evening, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/element_national_component\/sets\/72157645146619765\/\">Flickr page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Julie Dubois is Regional Assistant Vice-President for the Quebec Region. She is also one of our union&#8217;s youth members. This article was written as part of the UNE&#8217;s Member Journalism program. To learn more, <a href=\"?p=1894\">click here<\/a>. To submit a proposal for an article, or if you have questions, please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:communications@une-sen.org\">communications@une-sen.org<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Julie Dubois When the sky gets dark, and your worries weigh you down, there is always someone close by to help you. This person who crossed my path, this dependable man who is a constant source of support taught me how to keep my head up high. Jean-Pierre Naud contributed countless hours to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=3970\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A well-deserved retirement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9,10,12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3979,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions\/3979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}