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Anti-Bullying Message Delivered by Conifex

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 @ 4:47 PM

Conifex  employees at Fort St. James  show off their "Pink" message – submitted photo

Prince George, B.C.-  Conifex employees  were "in the pink" today to send an anti-bullying message. The employees at Conifex operations in Prince George, Fort St. James, Mackenzie, and Vancouver offered up their "twist" on Pink Shirt Day by sporting the Pink Hard Hats.

Conifex says it recognizes bullying as a major problem  not only in schools, homes and  on the internet, but in the workplace as well.

In a release issued today, Conifex says it "values their people and recognizes the right of employees to work in an environment that protects and promotes the dignity of individuals and ensures that all employees can work without the fear of bullying."
The employees of Conifex are asking the citizens of British Columbia to join with them and wear something pink to bring awareness to this serious social issue not only today, but throughout the year.

 

Comments

To all the daycare ladies: Don’t raise other peoples kid’s to be bullies.

Nice publicity stunt; bald eagle’s (Pat Bell’s) presence on the Conifex Board is reaping great benefits I see!

How about this company just focus on clean sawmills that don’t blow-up, killing and injuring it’s workers, and I’ll be happy!

My daughter was bullied right out of high school. Thank you Conifex ! To the little native girl beaten up Feb 8th at the bus top in front of Princess Auto, this is for you! And for the five white people who did it (one was a walmart clerk) this is for you to learn! Wish there were more companies like Conifex!

Wearing pink is nice, but many parents seem to have little idea what their kids are like when out of their sight.

Wearing pink is good, maybe Conifex can go a little bit further and have a public message that supports the LGBTQ community? That would be so awesome! :-)

Because we all know how much members of the LGBTQ can be bullied and harassed just because of who they are.

We also know how much members of blogs can be cyberbullied….

http://www.informationweek.com/how-to-keep-hostile-jerks-from-taking-over-your-online-community/d/d-id/1055100?page_number=1

No, no, no gus… you have this all wrong, you are suppose to engage me in debate on the subject matter! I understand you are frustrated, given your current limited abilities, but please at least try!

People#1: That itself sounds like bullying .

Bang on, Give more.

People#1,isn’t it nice that you can spew out unprovoked attacks on others under the veil of anonymity? Do you talk to people like that face to face? I doubt it.

So Give more; gus posting a link with the words “hostile jerks” is not bullying? Being kind of selective aren’t you?

JB “Wearing pink is nice, but many parents seem to have little idea what their kids are like when out of their sight.”
I agree to that for sure, but I also know of parents who actually teach their kids this behavior. They grow up taking cues from their parents and think its perfectly acceptable.

Peeps: “So Give more; gus posting a link with the words “hostile jerks” is not bullying?”

And how exactly is that different from you posting cartoons and youtube videos with a mocking comment? Better look in the mirror before asking such questions.

Shut up people#1..!! This is not some corporate publicity stunt.. The crew in the picture is from Fort St James and this mill happens to be the number 1 employer in the community. It was implemented by local ideas within the community.. In small towns the work place is a good venue to get small movements going..

And trust me.. Half these guys would not wear a “pink” hardhat if the company made them..

Shame on you people #1
Let’s treat others with respect.
Conifex has done a good thing here why do people want to spin this into a negative thing. This is why society is in the dumps.lets try and be less angry and let’s shut down bullies

Sometimes going overboard on some issues can make small molehills seem like mountains. Before any substantive steps can be taken towards bullying, the definition of bullying has to be clearer. A lot of kids today are led to believe a simply thing like getting called a name is bullying and so it tends to get blown way out of proportion. Who didn’t get called names in school or called other kids names in school and still turned out perfectly fine? Bullying seems to be a term bandied about by everyone who simply don’t like to hear anything negative about themselves or doesn’t want to be told to do things they don’t want to. That is not being bullied. 4 or 5 kids ganging up on you and making your life hell, yes, that is bullying and has to be stopped. Lets have clearer guidelines.

Huh? The definition of bullying is very clear. Are you actually saying its fine to make other people do what they otherwise wouldn’t? And its just fine to call someone names even if they take offense to it or feel bad because of it? Huh just proved my earlier post. If its not being taken in good humour, its bullying.

Posted by: VestedInterest on February 27 2014 11:55 AM
Huh? The definition of bullying is very clear.

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I’m not Huh but i have to disagree with you. What constitutes bullying nowadays is anyone’s guess. You tell a subordinate at work that they’re doing something incorrectly and chances are they’ll accuse you of bullying them. You tell little Johnny that he didn’t make the team because he’s to slow and you’re bullying him. The list is endless.

Axman, that’s a good point and maybe that what Huh was trying to get at with lousy examples. Yes I do have to agree that the definition is often twisted to suit ones own needs, but then what isn’t?

And stop picking on me

Axman probably clarified my examples better, but in context to everything else I wrote I assumed that part would have been understood clearer. No where in my post did I say ACTUAL bullying was ok.

If name calling is to be defined as bullying then there are a lot of bullies on this site and we are in a heap of trouble because everyone at some time or other has called other people names so I guess everyone is a bully by todays standards. If you say you have never gotten mad and called people names I call you a liar. YOU being a generic term for “everyone”.

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