Goodyear and the price of wokeness

Goodyear seems to be the newest victim of its wokeness ..

Goodyear Tire Stock Rolls Over After Trump Calls For Boycott

https://www.yahoo.com/news/goodyear-...175140464.html


Jayson Derrick

,Benzinga August 19, 2020




Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (NASDAQ: GT) found itself in the middle of a political firestorm for no other reason than it is 2020.

What Happened: An unnamed Goodyear employee posted a picture from a company presentation on what is considered "acceptable" and "unacceptable" workplace attire. The photo has since gone viral given its political nature.

• Acceptable clothing includes those that support Black Lives Matter (BLM), and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride (LGBT).
• The unacceptable category includes Blue Lives Matter, All Lives Matter, MAGA Attire, Political Affiliated Slogans or Material.

The un-named employee spoke to a local Kansas TV station and said:

""If someone wants to wear a BLM shirt in here, then cool. I'm not going to get offended about it. But at the same time, if someone's not going to be able to wear something that is politically based, even in the farthest stretch of the imagination, that's discriminatory. If we're talking about equality, then it needs to be equality. If not, it's discrimination."

Trump Responds: U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday morning and called on supporters to boycott the tire company, but as part of a broader strategy to "play the same game" that the "Radical Left Democrats do."




Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).

9:33 AM · Aug 19, 2020
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Trump could be referencing a call from the political left to boycott Goya Foods after the CEO of the largest Hispanic-owned food company said the U.S. is "truly blessed" to have Trump as president.

Goodyear Clarifies Stance: Goodyear said in a statement it's "committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace where all of our associates can do their best in a spirit of teamwork."

"As part of this commitment, we do allow our associates to express their support on racial injustice and other equity issues but ask that they refrain from workplace expressions, verbal or otherwise, in support of political campaigning for any candidate or political party as well as other similar forms of advocacy that fall outside the scope of equity issues," the statement reads.

Goodyear's stock was down more than 3% at time of publication.

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Goodyear has disavowed this "woke" BS and we should move on. They make good tires and employ 60,000 US workers.

This woke shit is the New PC movement
DPST's are not well enough educated - nor have the attention span thinking is hard

Goodyear has disavowed this "woke" BS and we should move on. They make good tires and employ 60,000 US workers. Originally Posted by friendly fred

are you sure about them disavowing it?

corporate America is full of being woke

they might be trying to spin it now due to the exposure

if they aren't truly woke they should come out with allowing only one thing, "all lives matter"

that encompasses everyone

until they only allow that, I won't believe one thing they try to say now

but in corporate America people get fired for saying that

and of course saying 'all lives matter" gets the black lives matter people all up in a tizzy

even arnold schwarzenegger has succumbed to corporate woke training

he now says he will only say "i'll be black" from now on

Goodyear disavowed their HR "Woke Marxism"???
Let's see a release from the company, please.

Here's a thought:
Political commentary or social activism commentary on social matters as a method of influencing stock prices.