BOYACK’S GOODBYE

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: may 2013 :: RMTnews 24 F ulsome tributes for three decades of hard work, dedication and service to RMT were paid to northwest office manager Andy Boyack as he bowed out from the union last month, surrounded by family, comrades and friends at a celebration in Liverpool. Andy had become part of the bedrock of the union, noted general secretary Bob Crow, tracing Andy’s career back to 1984, and presenting him with a football shirt in the colours of his native Dundee. Regional organisers Andy Warnock-Smith and John Tilley said they had come to regard Andy as their “regional organiser in the office” who had an encyclopedic knowledge of the union and had helped countless members with every conceivable problem. Presentations on behalf of regional and national office staff, many of whom had travelled to Liverpool for the event, were made by Bristol office manager Andy Robertson and industrial relations head Kevin Carey, who spoke of his pride in being able to pay tribute to one who had served the union so well for so long. “It has been a privilege and an inspiration to work for a great union,” said Andy. FAREWELL: FROM LEFT TO RIGHT regional organiser John Tilley, IR department head Kevin Carey, Bristol office manager Andy Robinson, retiring north west office manager Andy Boyak and regional organiser Andy Warnock-Smith BOYACK’S GOODBYE