Verizon’s letter states that “due to changing landscapes,” firm “is reviewing its DEI -related programs, HR processes, supplier programs, training programs and content and other measures.” In other changes, Verizon said it would re -assign DEI -based employees for “no team or any individual character DEI” and “HR talented purposes”.
The letter states, “Verizon has recognized that some Dei policies and methods may be associated with discrimination.”
T Mobile sent a A similar letter On March 27, the car, saying that “is fully committed to identifying any policies and methods and rooting them out, which enables such discrimination, whether it be DII or in the fulfillment of any other purpose,” and thus “its dei -programs and activities.” A day later, FCC Approved A T -Mobile Joint Plan Get Fiber Provider Lomos.
With the approval of Verizon and T -Mobile deals, the car has another opportunity to demand a major telecom company. On Friday, the Charter announced With Cox.5 34.5 Billion Integration This will make this comic passer, the largest home internet provider in the United States. Several Charter and Cox program Diversity measures can be on the block due to car enmity.
Verizon criticized as “cowardly”
Media Advocacy Group Free Press criticized Verizon for agreed to Kerr’s demands.
“Verizon’s cowardly decision to amend or kill his diversity, equity and joining methods is the latest embarrassing event in a latie of those who surrenders to please our authoritarian president,” the policy -free press vice president Matt Wood Said. “The government has not given any special example of the discrimination of illegal employment, and Verizon has not confessed to anyone. Still, to seek the approval of the merger and win the possibility of some extra dollars, the company has gently suggested that some of its’ DI policies and methods cannot be done, but we may not be wrong.
Wood said the car “once defended his agency’s independence from the White House when a Democrat was in charge” but now he “is pleased to follow the president’s order to overtake the benefits of civil rights and equal opportunities at all costs.”