POWERPOWERNEWSNEWSWE WILL MANUFACTURE BENCHMARK CASTINGS WITH PRIDE, LETTING SAFETY, WE WILL MANUFACTURE BENCHMARK CASTINGS WITH PRIDE, LETTING SAFETY, QUALITY, COST AND ON TIME DELIVERY TO OUR CUSTOMERS BE OUR GUIDE.QUALITY, COST AND ON TIME DELIVERY TO OUR CUSTOMERS BE OUR GUIDE.June 18, 2020

Worker Memorial Day was observed by the plant during 3rd shift on Wednesday, June 17 in remembrance of those who have lost their lives or have been injured in the workplace.. Please keep our fallen union brothers and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Remember to always think safety first and to watch over our brothers and sisters, so we never experiance the loss of another team member!

Worker Memorial DayWorker Memorial Day

Terry BodenbenderTerry Bodenbender February 2, 2016

Jimmy JonesJimmy Jones September 11, 1993David A. McCreeryDavid A. McCreery June 6, 1990

Eugene ChildsEugene Childs September 13, 1988Frank DixonFrank Dixon September 9, 1986James KentJames Kent September 16, 1985

Clarence WebsterClarence Webster January 20, 1983Ben Warniment Ben Warniment June 11, 1981

Carlos Olvera Carlos Olvera December 22, 1980Jimmy Lee LilesJimmy Lee Liles January 14, 1977

Joseph KonradJoseph Konrad December 13, 1972Robert VogelsongRobert Vogelsong October 22, 1971

Bernard MeyerBernard Meyer July 23, 1970Jerry EdwardsJerry Edwards March 21, 1969

Doyle PriceDoyle Price August 5, 1968

Father’s Day is celebrated by families all around the world—and this year is no exception. While it’s certainly going to look different due to social dis-tancing measures, Father’s Day will still be hap-pening all around the world. While your dad prob-ably enjoys being showered with gifts and love on this special day that wasn’t the case with the av-erage dad back when the day was first created over 100 years ago. In fact, the history of Father’s Day is quite long and controversial.

So what is Father’s Day, and how did it originate? Mother’s Day actually came first (it was celebrat-ed as far back as the 1860s and declared a na-tional holiday in 1914) and paved the way for Fa-ther’s Day. The history of Father’s Day goes back to 1908 when a church in West Virginia held a ser-mon to honor 362 men who were killed the previ-ous year in a coal mining explosion. This was the country’s first-ever event to strictly honor fathers, but it was just a one-and-done thing. Nothing re-ally came of it.

The following year, however, a woman named So-nora Smart Dodd started her quest to establish Fa-ther’s Day as a national holiday. Dodd was one of six raised by her single father and thought fathers should be honored the same way as mothers. Af-ter a year of petitioning her local community and government, Dodd’s home state of Washington celebrated its first official Father’s Day on June 19, 1910. Over the years, the celebration of Father’s Day spread from state to state, and after a long fight it was finally declared a national holiday in 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed it into law.

It took more than 60 years from the birth of the idea to Father’s Day actually being recognized as a federal holiday, and a lot sure did happen in

that time. According to History.com, in the 1920s and 1930s, there was a national movement to get rid of both Mother’s and Father’s Day and replace them with one “Parent’s Day.” As it is, there is a Father’s Day, and it is this Sunday, June 21. It’s time to get busy purchasing Dad’s gift and plan-ning his celebration! - By Kaitlyn Chamberlin

Father’s Day

Login to Workday Today and Check It Out

Every GM employee can now use the new Work-day tool. This online tool will provide a better ex-perience for all employees by offering ONE tool for most HR/LR tasks.

Workday has replaced PeopleSoft and other hu-man resources / labor relations systems that are inefficient, difficult to use or scheduled to be dis-continued.

Login Today You can login to Workday today from your if you have an active GMID and 2-Step Verification. Check it out and see how simple it is to update your home address, names, dependents, direct deposit banking information, emergency con-tacts or requesting a leave of absence or a return from leave of absence.

You can login from a desktop or laptop comput-er, in-plant kiosk, tablet or mobile phone. Go to Socrates.gm.com and click on the Workday link or download the Workday mobile app for your per-sonal mobile device from the App Store or Google Play store.

If you have any questions, see your group leader.

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You can recognize a team member for doing a great job by submitting a photo and/or article to to appear in a PowerNews article (with their per-mission). You can contact me if you need a photo taken.

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June Shoe Truck CancelledJune Shoe Truck Cancelled

Until Shoe Trucks can return to the plant, shoes may be ordered using the catalogs and order forms located in the GSC crib office. Also, a lim-ited number of boots are available in the crib office. If you have any questions, contact Elaine Munts:

Office: 419-784-7353 Cell: 419-769-1551

WhyWhy is is JuneteenthJuneteenth CelebratedCelebrated??

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the U.S.

The date is symbolic to June 19, 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger and his soldiers, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free. General Granger’s announcement put into ef-fect the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued more than two and a half years ear-lier on Jan. 1, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln.

Juneteenth received its name by combining June and 19. The day is also sometimes called “June-teenth Independence Day,” “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day.”

While acknowledging the historical significance of the date this Friday, June 19, at GM we will also observe, in reflection, 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence at 8:46 a.m. local time as a sign of soli-darity with the Black community and people ev-erywhere who share in the struggle against con-tinuing racial injustice. As Mark Reuss explained in his Yammer post earlier this week, this is the length of time George Floyd lay prone on the ground with the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on his neck, before he died, in a videotaped killing that led to protests and rallies around the world. Please adjust meetings to accommodate this time for reflection.

Here are additional resources that help give con-text to Juneteenth:

For some, Juneteenth is a relatively unheard-of day, but in the black community, it’s a time of cel-ebration that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Africans in America. Learn about the

various dimensions of Juneteenth, along with the cultural nuances that celebrate the day.

Here’s a one-minute overview of key dates that explain the significance behind “Freedom Day,” and the significance behind its recognition in Afri-can American culture.

In reflection of the 400th anniversary of the Ameri-can slave trade, the New York Times introduced a project themed around conversations that ex-plore systemic racism and the role slavery had in shaping American society. The project was launched in the fall of 2019 and has been updat-ed with content to aide in conversations around race relations.

Video Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q14BTdS6BRc

Juneteenth has been celebrated for 155 years, but in 2020, the celebration takes on slightly modi-fied undertones due to the recent racial events. Here, the New York Times explores how June-teenth is being recognized in cities across the U.S., and the discussions that are being had with re-gard to race relations in American society.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture chronicles the black experience with a tour through its Smithsonian Institution. This tour helps to give context to the Juneteenth celebra-tion, and why it is significant in the African Ameri-can community. - Socarates

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STAR meetings will be held on the 2nd and 3rd WEDNESDAYS of the month.

Meeting times are: 4:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m.4:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.

New Meeting place is:Training Center, rooms 106 - 114 Training Center, rooms 106 - 114

TO ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING

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