Posted on 08/27/2024 4:31:46 PM PDT by george76
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck has gotten Lowe's, Tractor Supply, Jack Daniel's, and John Deere to retreat from identity-based employee policies and donations to left-wing activism.
Hardware retail chain Lowe’s is the latest major brand to announce a retreat from “woke” policies, again driven by pressure from conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck.
Starbuck announced Monday on X that he had notified Lowe’s that he was planning another of his now-trademark exposés against the company’s left-wing corporate policies, to which Lowe’s responded by announcing multiple changes to those policies.
Specifically, the company will stop participating in the Corporate Equality Index social credit system promoted by the LGBT pressure group Human Rights Campaign (HRC), cease donations to “pride” and other divisive events, and replace identity-based employee resource groups with one for all employees. It also suggested more reforms would follow.
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“We’re now forcing multibillion dollar organizations to change their policies without even posting just from fear they have of being the next company that we expose,” Starbuck said. “We are winning and one by one we WILL bring sanity back to corporate America.”
In recent years, left-wing activists have used “diversity, equity, & inclusion” (DEI) dogma and “environmental, social, & governance” (ESG) standards to encourage major U.S. corporations to take favorable stands on political and cultural issues such as homosexuality, transgenderism, race relations, the environment, and abortion.
Political and customer backlashes to such activism has translated to business woes for companies such as Disney, Bud Light, Target, Tractor Supply, John Deere, and Jack Daniel’s – the last three of which all dropped much of their corporate left-wing activism after exposés (or threats of them) by Starbuck.
They defined their belief, changing mid stream doesn’t change anything.
Pretty damn impressive!
DEI aka Dumb Equity Imposers
My son works there part time. He loved working there. There was a full time opening about 6 months ago he applied for but they hired Abdul. This past Sunday he said he was done with them and their diversity hiring. I can’t wait to send him this article.
Somewhere floating around is video of him on some talking head show saying that “conservatives should just go to Home Depot if they think like that”. I did. DEI of course.
I’m talking about Lowe’s CEO. Sorry.
Next should be Stanley/Black&Decker or anyhing on this list:
https://www.hrc.org/resources/cei-equality-100-award
I’ve seen the name “Robby Starbuck” a few times but didn’t really know anything about the guy. But the last few corporations I’ve read about him backing down from leftist positions is very impressive. Keep it up, Robby Starbuck.
Customers go to Lowe’s to get screws, not get screwed
"You removed the headstones, but you didn't move the bodies!!"
SF. Lowes parachuted in when HD was run out before opening. HD then settled on Daly City next door. Was it money or this stuff?
Guess I can start shopping there again.
DEI = Didn’t Earn It
Unless they fire the CEO that said if I didn’t like their DEI policies I should shop elsewhere, I will give those other business 100% of my business.
Ha! Great flick.
“conservatives should just go to Home Depot if they think like that”
Where did he learn Customer Service skills?
I called the corporate office and thank them.
What’s the rush? Plenty I mom and pop hardware stores around.
Lowes may have gotten rid of DEI, but may implement the same policies with a different name.
Trust but verify
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