Tag Archives: ExxonMobil

Trump Formally Nominates Zillionaire Exxon CEO And Putin Crony Rex Tillerson To Be Secretary Of State

Business Insider reports: President-elect Donald Trump has picked Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, his team confirmed Tuesday morning. The secretary of state nomination comes after weeks of speculation and numerous rumored candidates. “His tenacity, broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics make him an excellent choice for Secretary of State. He will promote regional stability and …

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ExxonMobil Adds LGBT Protections

JMG reader Mike forwards us yesterday’s message from ExxonMobil’s LGBT employee group, which notes that the company’s board of directors has approved the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes. In July 2014 ExxonMobil announced that it would comply with President Obama’s executive order regarding companies with federal contracts, but at that time a company spokesman would …

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Take That, Putin

Russia can tear down their monument to Steve Jobs because Apple CEO Tim Cook has come out, but that won’t save their stock market. Via the Telegraph: Apple is now worth more than Russia’s stock market, new data have revealed. The US technology giant’s market capitalisation has overtaken the combined value of all Russian public companies for the first time …

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TEXAS: ExxonMobil Agrees To Comply With LGBT Employment Executive Order

After many years of refusing to include LGBT employees in their anti-discrimination policies, ExxonMobil, the world’s largest energy corporation, has announced that it will comply with the executive order signed by President Obama just 48 hours ago. Via the Associated Press: Exxon, which according to government records won more than $480 million in federal contracts in 2013 and more than …

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Tony Perkins Praises ExxonMobile

“It won’t change the price of gas, but it may comfort you to know that at ExxonMobil, your business isn’t fueling radical pro-homosexual policies. Despite outside pressure, ExxonMobil is holding the line on its workplace ethics — a 17-year streak that remained intact after last week’s shareholders meeting. In a corporate environment that seems to be dictated by pro-homosexual progressives, …

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ExxonMobil Rejects LGBT Workplace Protections For 17th Consecutive Year

Via the Washington Blade: For the 17th time, Exxon Mobil shareholders rejected a resolution that would have instituted new policy within the oil-and-gas giant to prohibit discrimination against LGBT workers. According to the company, only 19.5 percent of shareholders voted to approve the proposed resolution at their annual meeting on Wednesday, which this year took place in Dallas, Texas. The …

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ExxonMobil To Offer Same-Sex Benefits

ExxonMobil, long one of the largest corporate holdouts on LGBT equality, today announced that it will extend spousal benefits to gay employees. The company says it will recognize “all legal marriages” when it determines eligibility for health care plans for the company’s 77,000 employees and retirees in the U.S. That means if a gay employee has been married in a …

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FRC Applauds ExxonMobil

“While other businesses drift away from their principles or capitulate under pressure, Exxon is putting its stock in something other than political correctness.  For the 14th straight year, shareholders voted to maintain their reputation as a company that upholds the commonsense principle that managers should be able to determine what conduct contributes to and what conduct detracts from the effective …

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TEXAS: ExxonMobil Shareholders Reject Protections For LGBT Employees

The Dallas Voice has the unsurprising news: Shareholders voted to reject a resolution, 81 percent to 19 percent, from the New York state comptroller calling for the company’s Board of Directors to add sexual orientation and gender identity/expression to the oil giant’s EEO policy. The 19 percent support for the resolution reportedly was the lowest ever. George Wong addressed the …

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