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Here is a list from the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (http://www.gpac.org/) of "118 Major Corporations Known to Include Gender Identity/Expression in EEO Policies" listed by the year they adoped a policy of equitable gender rules for their employees. I'm impressed how many have realized this is an important issue but it sure looks like there are a lot more that need to recognize gender based rules are inherently unfair.
2006 (7 major corporations)
Bank of America
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Coca-Cola Company
GenCorp
General Dynamics
Valassis Communications
Volkswagen
2005 (49 major corporations)
Adobe
BP America
Chevron
Cooper Tire & Rubber
Corning Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston
Cummins Inc.
Daimler Chrysler
Dominion Resources, Inc.
Dow Chemical
Ernst & Young
Estee Lauder Companies
Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
Gap Inc.
General Mills
GlaxoSmithKline
Hyatt
Illinois Tool Works
Intuit
John Hancock Financial Services
Johnson & Johnson
Kaiser Permanente
KPMG
Lincoln National Corp.
Liz Claiborne
Mattel
Mellon Financial Corp.
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Microsoft Corp.
Nordstrom Inc.
Northern Trust Corp.
Pacificare Health Systems
Pathmark
Providian
Raytheon Co.
SBC Communications
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Staples Inc.
Sun Trust Banks Inc.
T-Mobile
Toyota Motor Sales
Toys "R" Us
UBS AG
Unisys
Viacom
Walgreens Co.
Washington Mutual Inc.
Whole Foods
Wyndham International
2004 (29 major corporations)
Agilent
Air Products & Chemicals
American Express
AT & T
Borders Group
Cargill
Charles Schwab
Cisco
Citigroup
Coors
Dell
Electronic Arts
Ford
Goldman Sachs
HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
Keyspan
Kraft Foods Inc.
Miller Brewing co.
Nationwide
Owens Corning
PepsiCo Inc.
Pfizer
Southern California Edison Company
Sprint
Sun Microsystems
Tech Data Corp
USB AG
US Airways Group
Wells Fargo
Whirlpool
2003 (18 major corporations)
Advanced Fibre Communications
Bank One
Bausch & Lomb
Best Buy
ChoicePoint
Chubb
Deutsche Bank
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Lehman Brothers
Levi
MetLife
Miller
Motorola
New York Times
Prudential
Sandia National Laboratories
SC Johnson & Son
2002 (5 major corporations)
Capital One
Intel
JPMorgan Chase
Kodak
PG & E
2001 (6 major corporations)
Aetna
Agere
American Airlines
Nike
NCR
Xerox Corporation
2000 (2 major corporations)
Avaya
Lexmark
1998 (1 major corporation)
Apple
1997 (1 major corporation)
Lucent Technologies
http://www.gpac.org/workplace/majorcorps.htmlThankyou for providing that list, Elizabeth. It is good to know that not all corporations are composed up of greedy capitalist pigs , and that there are some that respect and treat their employees fairly and equally. That's how it should be. If you read my recent postings you would know the scenario that i am in at the moment. Hence, my bitterness :)
Many of these are US corporations, but there are still many that operate here in OZ too. Infact, most of these companies listed are global giants and hence found in most developed countries, including OZ.
When you say "Gender identity/expression", this basically means treating employees the same, regardless of sex. Here in Australia, this is actually enforced under the Anti-discrimination act, although i doubt how much it is actually enforced or taken seriously from my experiences.
Now back to the article...
Obviously hair would be one of the relevant issues. If they sign this act then they can't force male employees to cut their hair, unless it represents a safety/health hazard(but even then buns could be worn and even hair nets, so there isn't much excuse against long hair). If they do so, then they are breaching the act as it is discriminating between genders , such as women allowed to have long hair, but not men.
I sure hope to see more of this in the future. It's a small advancement in an ignoramouse society of people who are anti-longhair and pro-corporate 'power cuts'.
I'd like to second the Whole Foods Market reccomendation, I know a few friends, even friends with dreads, that work at Whole Foods with no problem.
