{"id":964,"date":"2022-08-01T15:26:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamsters931.org\/?p=964"},"modified":"2022-08-05T19:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:48:18","slug":"passing-of-brother-alain-de-grandpre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/2022\/08\/01\/passing-of-brother-alain-de-grandpre\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing of Brother Alain de Grandpr\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong>A service for Brother de Granpr\u00e9 will be held at the <em>Coop\u00e9rative fun\u00e9raire du Grand Montr\u00e9al<\/em> located at 2000, rue Cunard, in Laval, QC, on August 13, 2022, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfgrandmontreal.com\/avis-de-deces\/alain-grandpre-214387\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For more information, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are saddened to announce the passing of Brother Alain de Grandpr\u00e9, former president of Teamsters Quebec Joint Council 91, secretary-treasurer of Local Union 931, vice-president of the Qu\u00e9bec Federation of Labour, and Fonds de solidarit\u00e9 FTQ board member.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlain was a friend and colleague of mine for many years. I am saddened by his passing. On behalf of myself and the 125,000 members of Teamsters Canada, I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to his family and loved ones,\u201d said the president of Teamsters Canada, Fran\u00e7ois Laporte.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brother de Grandpr\u00e9 started as a warehouse worker and became a trustee on Local Union 931\u2019s executive board. He was then hired as a business agent for his local in 1982. He rose to become his local\u2019s recording secretary in 1986 and later served as secretary-treasurer from 1992 until his retirement in 2013. He served as secretary-treasurer under three local presidents: Pierre Deschamps, Richard Charruau, and Gerry Boutin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the national level, Brother de Grandpr\u00e9 was also a trustee and later a member of the Teamsters Canada National Executive Board. He also held the position of National Representative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are saddened to announce the passing of Brother Alain de Grandpr\u00e9, former president of Teamsters Quebec Joint Council 91, secretary-treasurer of Local Union 931, vice-president of the Qu\u00e9bec Federation of Labour, and Fonds de solidarit\u00e9 FTQ board member. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alain-de-grandpre-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":972,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions\/972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters931.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}