Apple's Tim Cook urges workplace equality

[onehandle]

Last edited Mon Nov 4, 2013, 11:52 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: CNET



Apple CEO Tim cook is calling on Congress to pass a bill that seeks to offer protection against workplace policies and practices that create disadvantages based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

In an op-ed piece published online Sunday by the Wall Street Journal, Cook urges the Senate to support the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, and calls on the House of Representatives to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

The bill, Cook said, would update federal employment laws to protect workers against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

He cites Apple's antidiscrimination policy as already a step ahead of the government's by offering protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees.

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Tim Cook's Op-Ed at WSJ:

http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702304527504579172302377638002-lMyQjAxMTAzMDAwMjEwNDIyWj

[cstanleytech]

1. How about more equality in the area of pay also? I mean its damn right

disgusting that corporations are forcing people to apply for food stamps because companies dont want to pay a real living wage.

[jtuck004]

2. That seems unfair. There's little reason a college graduate can't do ok on $22 a day.

In China.

[onehandle]

3. For those who don't know, Apple's Tim Cook is the most powerful gay CEO in the world.

Possibly in history.

[okaawhatever]

4. IDK, I'm a big supporter of rights for the LGBT community, but reading anything Cook has to say

about equality rings hollow after his efforts to make sure his company's tax burden is grossly unequal. He wants equal rights for all in the community, so long as it doesn't extend to taxes. In that case, he's all for the grossly unequal tax laws that favor corporations.