Wow...TENNESSEE: Major Corporations Back Statewide Ban On LGBT Rights

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/05/tennessee-major-corporations-back.html

The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce - chaired by Nissan, and whose other board members include such companies as FedEx, AT&T, Comcast, DuPont, Pfizer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Caterpillar, KPMG, Whirlpool, Embraer, Alcoa, and United HealthCare - actively lobbied for a religious right bill in the Tennessee legislature that would rescind Nashville's civil rights protections for its gay and trans citizens, and which bans every city in Tennessee from passing any civil rights laws, for anyone, ever again. The bill passed yesterday. It's on its way to the state's Republican governor for his signature, unless he vetoes it. And these companies led the way in making it happen.

How does this help them in any way to make more profit?

But I'm really only guessing.

the resultant effects on labor: Desperate workers willing to work under bad conditions for almost nothing.

Anti-birth control politics have the same underlying logic as anti-gay politics.

simply commic. This is as bad as the Alex Jones comspiracy where people are turning gay from drinking Soy Milk!! Do you really think that a handful of companies are comspiring to insure the labor pool is growing by restricting gay relatoinships? It is kind of fun but come on...!

Most of them probably don't have that much to do with the day to day operation of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce. As such, the TCOC probably doesn't represent the actual management at, say, FedEx. If any of the companies which are members have good records on employee non-discrimination, those companies could put leverage on the organization as a whole to back up on this.

See my #21

since I don't live there, I will, starting now, boycott all products made in Tennessee and all products made by the corporations in your post.

... and don't spend a fucking penny with the bastards.....


Maybe you have no choice on health care insurance... but the other names in the list, you can easily avoid....

Even if there are two alternatives to choose between...

my dislike of Tennessee. Too many bible thumpers.

two major corporations actively lobbied AGAINST a proposed anti-gay marriage amendment.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/03/17/indiana-companies-protest-anti-gay-marriage-amendment/

And of course... boycott the companies. There are at least three there that I can personally boycott immediately.

Precisely because it forbade any further attempt to get legal redress?
How is that equal protection?
How is that "believing all people are created equal"?
How is that possible in the "land of the free and the home of the brave"?
TN is showing itself to be neither.

How do those companies square their stance with their EEO policies for their staff?
I know several of those companies have sexual orientation written into their EEO policies. The board members who belong to companies with progressive policies should be shamed into resigning.

To Whom it May Concern:

Like the other large Accounting firms (I am a PwC alum), I know that KPMG has spent a lot of time and effort making itself into a diverse and inclusive firm that fosters a pleasant environment to all regardless of race, religion, gender and sexual orientation.

This effort, however, may be undermined by KPMG's implied consent of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce's actions on its behalf to undermine the equal rights of members of the Gay, Lesbian, BiSexual and Transgendered community. See http://gay.americablog.com/2011/05/nissan-comcast-fedex-at-on-verge-of.html and http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/may/18/bill-bans-nashville-measure-against-gay-bias/?breakingnews

I strongly urge KPMG to work with other members of the board of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce to prevent the Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act bill from becoming law. Being diverse and inclusive requires that a firm walk the walk in all aspects of its business and public life.

Thank you -
Steven Leser
Contributor, Democrats for Progress www.democratsforprogress.com
sleser001@yahoo.com