The power toolmaker Stanley Black and Decker appears to have scrubbed its website of references to diversity quotas and LGBTQ campaigns in the face of a damaging boycott. The move appears to be a response to the conservative group Consumers' Research launching a boycott of Stanley Black and Decker products over the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The Mail …
The home furnishing giant Williams-Sonoma has been slapped with a complaint over its aggressive diversity-hiring push, which has led to an outsize number of women and minorities among its workforce. America First Legal, a conservative group, alleges in a complaint to the federal government's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the firm's DEI hiring practices amount to 'unlawful' discrimination. The San …
The automaker Ford has become the latest firm to reverse course on its work with an LGBTQ group and other parts of its 'inclusivity' agenda, faced with anger from conservative consumers. Ford famously faced conservative headwinds last year over its 'Very Gay Raptor,' a pickup decked out in rainbow colors Ford CEO Jim Farley said the firm was cutting back …
The home improvement retailer Lowe's has become the latest brand to scrap its support for Pride events and other diversity, equity, and inclusion schemes in the face of consumer boycotts. Lowe's will stop cooperating with the Human Rights Campaign, a major LGBTQ group, and will no longer separate employees into so-called 'resource groups' based on race, religion or sexual identities, …
Idaho public universities have ramped up spending to $6 million on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and teaching students about 'white fragility' and 'toxic masculinity,' a damning new report shows. Boise State University has seen colorful protests in recent years as it ramped up spending on DEI Yolanda Bisbee earns $170,706 per year as chief diversity officer at the University …
