Wendys, Halliburton among small # of Fortune 500 cos. not protecting gays

[kweerwolf]

According to a report released today by the Philadelphia-based Equality Forum, while policies to protect gays and lesbians from job discrimination have been put into place at over 90% of Fortune 500 companies, giant firms such as Halliburton, Exxon Mobil, and Wendy's International still have no such rules in place.

When Exxon and Mobil merged, in 1999, the newly created firm decided not to extend Mobil's domestic partner benefits program to Exxon employees. In some offices of the world's largest oil company, gay and lesbian employees found themselves working side by side, some with the domestic partner benefits and some without. A community-wide boycott was launched against the company and a number of shareholder actions have been introduced to require the company to add sexual orientation to its groups protected from jobs discrimination. "It's sad," said one Exxon Mobil staffer who asked to remain anonymous, "Here we are, one of the largest companies on earth, managed by some very socially backward people."

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Wendy's International has made news in the gay and lesbian community before. The operator of fast-food restaurants pulled it's advertising from the Ellen show after it was revealed that the lead character, played by Ellen Degeneres, would be coming out as a lesbian.

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Halliburton, the multinational giant formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, also does not have any anti-discrimination policies in place to protect gay and lesbian employees. It was announced yesterday that Halliburton had been awarded contracts to begin the rebuilding in areas damaged by hurricane Katrina.

Malcolm Lazin, executive director of the Equality Forum used the report's release as an opportunity to renew a call for federal legislation to protect LGBT Americans from workplace discrimination. "When over 90% of the FORTUNE 500 companies recognize the value of their gay and lesbian employees, it is time for Congress to listen and respond," Lazin said in a statement released along with the report.

http://pageoneq.com/news/2005/Wendys_and_Halliburton_among_small_percentage_of_Fortune_500_companies_not_protectin_0904.html

OK ... so no more Wendy's doubles with cheese for me. And they can expect a letter from me explaining why I've stop patronizing them.

[TaleWgnDg]

1. Yup. Me too. No more Wendy's fast food.

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BOYCOTT WENDY'S


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[rhino47]

2. Screw wendy`s

I am not eating there anymore.
I think my husband and I should both wear our rainbow marriage equality shirts into wendys and tell them to go to hell .Things like this really piss me off.I like fat guys.Would I lose my job over it?
Unlikely being a married white female.This is soooo unfair.
Wendys going to ask me what my favorite sexual position is before im hired for a mim wage job?
fuck them.

[the arkansas liberal]

3. I didn't know any one was still eating at Wendy's...

I quit over the Ellen debacle and sent a letter to Dave Thomas, too. There are so many other places to patronize -- why go to Wendy's.

I wouldn't go there and accost the employees, though: this is not their fault. I work for one of the biggest companies in the world that still treats gays as second-class(no DPM)yet anger toward me because I choose to work there would not get the policies changed. The shareholder initiatives are the way to go, along with letters and phone calls to executives...not to mention boycotts. As far as my situation: my subtle suggestion is for everyone to check out all the new cool stuff at TARGET.