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FedEx Adds Gender Identity to Discrim Policy
The report, on the OneNewsNow.com Web site, said the Memphis-based company made the move voluntarily before a shareholder resolution to that effect could be voted on.
According to the report, FedEx officials contactedJulie Goodridge, CEO of NorthStar Asset Management, who filed the shareholder resolution on behalf of Huffington Post blogger Sara Whitman, and told Goodridge of their decision to proceed without shareholder consideration.
“They had within I think the last seven years or so added
non-discrimination [on the basis of] sexual orientation
as a protective status at their company,” Goodridge said,
according to the report, “and they wanted to be as
forthright as possible in protecting all of their
employees who contribute to the value of the
company.”
Goodridge told the Web site she is now “interested in
talking with FedEx” about adding the term ‘gender
expression’ to its non-discrimination language.