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Direct Headline: Home Depot Wins Ruling Against U.S. Labor Board Over Black Lives Matter Apparel
A judge ruled Friday that the U.S. National Labor Relations Board’s case against Home Depot Inc., concerning Black Lives Matter apparel and messaging should be dismissed....The NLRB claimed Home Depot violated employees’ rights by restricting BLM messaging on their uniforms....Administrative law judge Paul Bogas, however, sided with the home improvement retail corporation, stating that there is no “direct” relationship between BLM activism and the “terms and conditions of employment.”
....Months ago, Home Depot released a statement addressing a controversy on the other side of the political spectrum: a hyper-progressive worksheet on “white privilege” and “racism” that went viral online....The literature defined “white privilege” as “ocietal privileges that benefit white people beyond what is commonly experienced by people of colour under the same social, political and economic circumstances.”
Billionaire Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, who retired as chairman in 2002, angered the Left back in 2019, when he said he’d be donating money to then-President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, triggering a #BoycottHomeDepot hashtag....“He’s got a businessman’s common sense approach to most things,” Marcus said of Trump. “Now, do I agree with every move that he makes? No, I don’t. But the truth is he has produced more than anybody else. He has. If we look at this country, I would say that we are better off today than we were eight years ago or six years ago....”
By Amanda Prestigiacomo Jun 11, 2022
https://www.dailywire.com/news/home-depot-wins-ruling-against-u-s-labor-board-over-black-lives-matter-apparel
Direct Headline: Home Depot hammered for shaming employees for their ‘white privilege’
A Canadian branch of Home Depot sparked outrage after it posted a notice to employees about the benefits of “white privilege” and included a checklist for those who are “white, male, Christian, cisgender, able-bodied, and heterosexual.”....The notice, which is titled “Leading Practices — Unpacking privilege,” was posted in an employee lounge at a Home Depot in Calgary, Alberta.....
Photo Of Home Depot Woke Notice Sheet About White Privilege
....Staffers were also told in the notice that “if you’re confident the police exist to protect you, you have white privilege.”....People were asked to check a box determining what “privileges” they had. The choices were: white, male, class, Christian, cisgender, able-bodied and heterosexual.....
By Ariel Zilber March 23, 2022 12:13pm
https://nypost.com/2022/03/23/home-depot-ripped-for-shaming-employees-over-white-privilege/
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Direct Headline: Coinbase Won’t Allow Discussions Of Politics And Social Causes At Work—If Employees Don’t Like It, They’re Free To Leave
Jack Kelly Oct 1, 2020,12:07pm
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/10/01/coinbase-wont-allow-discussions-of-politics-and-social-causes-at-work-if-employees-dont-like-it-theyre-free-to-leave/?sh=4d9f3b6f7459
Direct Headline: Expensify CEO Sends Email to 10 Million Customers Urging a Vote for Biden
In the first few hours after the email went out, the company received a mix of positive and negative feedback from customers, Barrett said. So far, he said, none of his employees have quit over it.
Priya Anand - Bloomberg News (via TNS) Oct 26th, 2020
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/accounting-audit/news/21160049/expensify-ceo-sends-email-to-10-million-customers-urging-a-vote-for-biden
VIDEO: We Believe: The Best Men Can Be | Gillette (Short Film)
36,061,682 views •Jan 13, 2019
Bullying. Harassment. Is this the best a man can get? It's only by challenging ourselves to do more, that we can get closer to our best. To say the right thing, to act the right way. We are taking action...
824K Upvotes / 1.6M Downvotes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPmuEyP3a0
Direct Headline: After going woke and losing $8 billion, Gillette embraces masculinity again
Barbara Kay August 22, 2019 8:14 AM
https://thepostmillennial.com/after-losing-8-billion-gillette-embraces-masculinity-again
TOPIC NARRATIVE:
What is the role of politics in the modern workplace? We must work to earn to feed our families and survive. Navigating work on it's own, without the divisiveness of politics, is hard enough. But some don't feel that way.
Coinbase has a new policy that says no politics at work after seeing internal political conflict in other companies hurting productivity. Expensify took a different route, where it's CEO sent an email to 10 million people to vote for Joe Biden. This company has a policy of open political discussion as part of the work culture. The nightmare scenario is, of course, the bottom line impact to Procter & Gamble's Gillette, who pushed a woke marketing campaign, in the name of shock marketing and social justice advocacy, that appears to have backfired and hurt their already declining bottom line and, by extension, their shareholders. Context given far below with both Coinbase and Expensify CEO letters, legal questions about Expensify's TOS and violation of the EU's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the SJW creator of Gillette's ad and a deeper look at how Gillette gambled on wokeness and suffered for it. This is an interesting topic because it impacts all working Americans.
QUESTIONS TO RAISE OPEN DISCUSSION:
Do you believe politics/political expression should be barred from the workplace? Why or why not? And to what limit?
Like Coinbase? Or embraced like Expensify? Or a mix of the two concepts? Do you have problems in your own workplace over political conflict in the culture and with internal employee interactions? If you were CEO, how would you want to run your own company considering this issue? What is your view of these potential conflicts when taken in context of a companies fiduciary responsibilities to it's stockholders and other partners/investors/advertisers/etc?
**EDIT** Changed Title From:
Politics Ruining Your Workplace? Coinbase Vs Expensify Vs Gillette Debate (1/17 20:32 PST)
To:
Home Depot Shames White Privilege Then Wins Ruling Rejecting Right to Wear BLM At Work (1/17/21 20:32 PST)
EDIT: 6/12/22 7:04 PST
A judge ruled Friday that the U.S. National Labor Relations Board’s case against Home Depot Inc., concerning Black Lives Matter apparel and messaging should be dismissed....The NLRB claimed Home Depot violated employees’ rights by restricting BLM messaging on their uniforms....Administrative law judge Paul Bogas, however, sided with the home improvement retail corporation, stating that there is no “direct” relationship between BLM activism and the “terms and conditions of employment.”
....Months ago, Home Depot released a statement addressing a controversy on the other side of the political spectrum: a hyper-progressive worksheet on “white privilege” and “racism” that went viral online....The literature defined “white privilege” as “
Billionaire Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, who retired as chairman in 2002, angered the Left back in 2019, when he said he’d be donating money to then-President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, triggering a #BoycottHomeDepot hashtag....“He’s got a businessman’s common sense approach to most things,” Marcus said of Trump. “Now, do I agree with every move that he makes? No, I don’t. But the truth is he has produced more than anybody else. He has. If we look at this country, I would say that we are better off today than we were eight years ago or six years ago....”
By Amanda Prestigiacomo Jun 11, 2022
https://www.dailywire.com/news/home-depot-wins-ruling-against-u-s-labor-board-over-black-lives-matter-apparel
Direct Headline: Home Depot hammered for shaming employees for their ‘white privilege’
A Canadian branch of Home Depot sparked outrage after it posted a notice to employees about the benefits of “white privilege” and included a checklist for those who are “white, male, Christian, cisgender, able-bodied, and heterosexual.”....The notice, which is titled “Leading Practices — Unpacking privilege,” was posted in an employee lounge at a Home Depot in Calgary, Alberta.....
Photo Of Home Depot Woke Notice Sheet About White Privilege
....Staffers were also told in the notice that “if you’re confident the police exist to protect you, you have white privilege.”....People were asked to check a box determining what “privileges” they had. The choices were: white, male, class, Christian, cisgender, able-bodied and heterosexual.....
By Ariel Zilber March 23, 2022 12:13pm
https://nypost.com/2022/03/23/home-depot-ripped-for-shaming-employees-over-white-privilege/
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Direct Headline: Coinbase Won’t Allow Discussions Of Politics And Social Causes At Work—If Employees Don’t Like It, They’re Free To Leave
Jack Kelly Oct 1, 2020,12:07pm
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/10/01/coinbase-wont-allow-discussions-of-politics-and-social-causes-at-work-if-employees-dont-like-it-theyre-free-to-leave/?sh=4d9f3b6f7459
Direct Headline: Expensify CEO Sends Email to 10 Million Customers Urging a Vote for Biden
In the first few hours after the email went out, the company received a mix of positive and negative feedback from customers, Barrett said. So far, he said, none of his employees have quit over it.
Priya Anand - Bloomberg News (via TNS) Oct 26th, 2020
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/accounting-audit/news/21160049/expensify-ceo-sends-email-to-10-million-customers-urging-a-vote-for-biden
VIDEO: We Believe: The Best Men Can Be | Gillette (Short Film)
36,061,682 views •Jan 13, 2019
Bullying. Harassment. Is this the best a man can get? It's only by challenging ourselves to do more, that we can get closer to our best. To say the right thing, to act the right way. We are taking action...
824K Upvotes / 1.6M Downvotes
Comments are turned off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPmuEyP3a0
Direct Headline: After going woke and losing $8 billion, Gillette embraces masculinity again
Barbara Kay August 22, 2019 8:14 AM
https://thepostmillennial.com/after-losing-8-billion-gillette-embraces-masculinity-again
TOPIC NARRATIVE:
What is the role of politics in the modern workplace? We must work to earn to feed our families and survive. Navigating work on it's own, without the divisiveness of politics, is hard enough. But some don't feel that way.
Coinbase has a new policy that says no politics at work after seeing internal political conflict in other companies hurting productivity. Expensify took a different route, where it's CEO sent an email to 10 million people to vote for Joe Biden. This company has a policy of open political discussion as part of the work culture. The nightmare scenario is, of course, the bottom line impact to Procter & Gamble's Gillette, who pushed a woke marketing campaign, in the name of shock marketing and social justice advocacy, that appears to have backfired and hurt their already declining bottom line and, by extension, their shareholders. Context given far below with both Coinbase and Expensify CEO letters, legal questions about Expensify's TOS and violation of the EU's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the SJW creator of Gillette's ad and a deeper look at how Gillette gambled on wokeness and suffered for it. This is an interesting topic because it impacts all working Americans.
QUESTIONS TO RAISE OPEN DISCUSSION:
Do you believe politics/political expression should be barred from the workplace? Why or why not? And to what limit?
Like Coinbase? Or embraced like Expensify? Or a mix of the two concepts? Do you have problems in your own workplace over political conflict in the culture and with internal employee interactions? If you were CEO, how would you want to run your own company considering this issue? What is your view of these potential conflicts when taken in context of a companies fiduciary responsibilities to it's stockholders and other partners/investors/advertisers/etc?
**EDIT** Changed Title From:
Politics Ruining Your Workplace? Coinbase Vs Expensify Vs Gillette Debate (1/17 20:32 PST)
To:
Home Depot Shames White Privilege Then Wins Ruling Rejecting Right to Wear BLM At Work (1/17/21 20:32 PST)
EDIT: 6/12/22 7:04 PST
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