Verizon has announced significant changes to its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, stating it will no longer maintain a dedicated team for DEI. This decision comes in light of a changing regulatory landscape, with the company reassigning employees focused on DEI to human resources functions. T-Mobile is similarly reviewing its DEI policies. Critics, including media advocacy groups, have condemned Verizon's actions as a capitulation to political pressure, asserting that no legal violations have been claimed and that these changes undermine essential diversity work in the telecom sector.
Verizon's cowardly decision to modify or kill its diversity, equity, and inclusion practices is the latest shameful episode in a litany of surrenders to appease our authoritarian president.
Verizon stated it would no longer have a team or individual roles focused on DEI, reassigning DEI personnel to HR talent objectives instead.
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