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GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter April 30, 2018
GM ST. CATHARINES COMES TOGETHER FOR THE HUMBOLDT BRONCOS
To show support for the Humboldt Broncos tragedy that occurred in early April, GM employees
across Canada were encouraged to wear green or their favourite jersey on Thursday, April 12, which
was supported whole-heartedly at GM St. Catharines. Thank you to everyone here who participated
for helping to honour the 16 players and staff that lost their lives that day, and the family and friends mourning
those losses. In a unprecedented show of national support, a
GoFundMe campaign for the Humboldt Broncos raised over
$15 million in 19 days! Though the fundraising campaign is
now closed, you can see where the funds will be allocated by
visiting: www.gofundme.com/funds-for-humboldt-broncos.
GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter
Sam Hoodless | ext. 6619 | samantha.hoodless@gm.com
Employee Information Hotline: 1-877-868-3895 | Employee Portal: www.gmstcatharines.ca
GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter 2
WHAT IS WORKPLACE BULLYING?
Our HR focus for the month of May is workplace bullying—what defines
it, understanding inappropriate workplace behaviours, and our
responsibilities as GM employees.
So what is workplace bullying? Bullying is usually seen as acts or verbal
comments that could 'mentally' hurt or isolate a person in the
workplace. Sometimes bullying can involve negative physical contact as
well. Bullying usually involves repeated incidents or a pattern of
behaviour that is intended to intimidate, offend, degrade or humiliate a
particular person or group of people. Bullying is a form of harassment.
SITUATION Examples of workplace bullying:
Trevor is a new employee and has joined a crew • Spreading malicious rumours, gossip, or innuendo that is
who has worked together for a number of years not true
and who appear to be good friends inside and • Excluding or isolating someone socially
outside of work. When the crew goes on breaks • Intimidating a person
for lunch they will select a table that does not • Undermining or deliberately impeding a person's work
accommodate Trevor and he eats lunch alone. • Making jokes that are 'obviously offensive' by spoken word
When the crew goes for a coffee, no one invites or email
Trevor to join. One day, Trevor decides to walk • Intruding on a person's privacy by pestering, spying or
with the team even though he was not invited to stalking
do so. A crew member was holding the door for All employees are responsible for contributing to a respectful
everyone and when Trevor got to the door his work environment free from workplace bullying, and all
coworker walked through and did not hold the employees deserve respect and dignity in their work
door for Trevor. environment.
IS THIS WORKPLACE BULLYING?
Yes – intentionally isolating an individual is
considered workplace bullying.
INTERNAL ISO 14001 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
MAY 3 & 4, 2018
During the upcoming audit on May 3 & 4 the
auditor may ask ANY employee broad
questions about the ISO 14001 Environmental
Management System.
To help employees prepare for this audit, the
Environmental Department has put together
an Audit Quiz. Submit the quiz by Tuesday,
May 1 at midnight to win a prize!
Quizzes can be found at
www.gmstcatharines.ca on the Employee tab.
GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter 3
GM ST. CATHARINES SPRING WILDLIFE HABITAT UPDATE
Worldwide, GM manages 5,000 acres of land for wildlife
habitats at 71 GM manufacturing sites in 14 countries. GM
has a long-term commitment to managing quality habitat for
wildlife, conservation education and community
outreach initiatives. Whether a small pollinator garden, a
forest or a wetland, the company is using its land, resources
and partnerships to steer actions that collectively contribute
to improving the environment.
Update: South Poplar Woodlot Restoration
The historical Cast Iron Foundry excess material storage area,
remediated as a poplar tree plantation, has been a
restoration focus for the past two years. Last World
Environment Day (June 5, 2017), 2,320 new trees were
Ecosystem Restoration student volunteers on Field Day pruning trees
interplanted to promote a healthier and more diverse
ecosystem. In October, a survey was completed and the survival rate was assessed at 80.6 % for the new saplings.
This is deemed quite successful given the site history,
weather conditions, and the hand planting technique
used. Another assessment will be conducted in the fall
of 2018.
On March 12, 2018, the Niagara College Ecosystem
Restoration Post-Grad student group was onsite for a
field day in which a total of 16 student volunteers
pruned more of GM’s poplar trees and removed the
old irrigation tubing.
2018 New Projects – Green Roof Initiative
GM St. Catharines is currently working with Niagara
College’s Landscape Technician Program’s
“Architectural Green Spaces” course on a green roof
Ecosystem Restoration student volunteers on Field Day – group photo design that
could be
implemented on the enclosed roof above the west clock house. This part of
the roof will not be accessible to employees but will be visible from the
parking lot and up close on the second floor.
The 2018 World Environment Day theme is “Beat Plastic Pollution”. There will
be eight Chevy Volt battery box covers worked into the green roof design. The
covers are made from a thermoset plastic which is difficult to recycle and for
quality purposes, can’t be re-used. These covers have been turned into bat
boxes and with some tweaks, boxes for wood ducks, owls, eastern bluebirds,
and scaly-sided merganser. The cover can also be converted into a planter
box. To date, thousands of these covers have been installed at GM’s wildlife
habitat sites to benefit wildlife. Our efforts will contribute to reducing plastic
waste pollution. A Chevy Volt battery cover converted into a planter
GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter 4
ACE SCRAP REDUCTION
CAMPAIGN WINNER
Congratulations to Omar Flores from GF6 for
winning the ACE Scrap Reduction Campaign
contest held last month! Omar’s suggestion
involved saving and reusing pins that were
previously thrown out. His suggestion will
save GM St. Catharines in scrap costs and
has now been implemented in the plant. For
participating in the contest, he was awarded
a $100 pre-paid VISA gift card, and his
submission will also be included in the
regular monthly and quarterly ACE draws!
Congratulations, Omar!
2018 FIRST QUARTER ACE WINNERS NOW POSTED!
ACE Program winners for the months of January, February, March and the first quarter of 2018 have now been
posted! 36 GM St. Catharines employees are the lucky recipients of either a $100 or $250 pre-paid VISA gift card for
submitting a suggestion to the ACE program. There are also a few employees who have yet to claim their gift cards
from the November/December draw. Winners are posted on the ACE boards and Communication Boards in each
Clock House and on the Employee page at www.gmstcatharines.ca. To claim your prize please contact Diane Archer
(Personnel) at ext. 6558.
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