Verizon rejects gender policy

A shareholder proposal to amend Verizon Communications Inc.’s written equal employment policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on gender identity was voted down May 1, but backers of the plan say they were encouraged by the amount of support it got, and the group that proposed the resolution will bring it back next year.

[KirkW]

Unfortunately it takes time to drag people into the 21st century and companies almost always take longer.

Keep up the fight!