What Obama Should Do About Workplace Discrimination

[Shana A]

What Obama Should Do About Workplace Discrimination
By M. V. LEE BADGETT
Published: February 6, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/opinion/what-obama-should-do-about-workplace-discrimination.html?_r=1

LAST week, the defense contractor DynCorp International announced that it had changed its corporate policies to forbid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The company's decision was voluntary but came under pressure: DynCorp recently agreed to a $155,000 settlement with an aircraft mechanic named James Friso, a heterosexual man who endured anti-gay epithets and other harassment at his DynCorp workplace. Publicity about that case drove more than 50,000 people to sign an online petition urging the company to change its policy.

DynCorp's new policy is a welcome development — but it's unfortunate that federal law still allows such discrimination. DynCorp has received billions of dollars in federal contracts over the last decade. Why should taxpayer money be used to buy goods and services from companies that permit discrimination based on a worker's sexual orientation or gender identity?

[Jamie D]

What Obama Should Do About Workplace Discrimination?

Enforce the pertinent laws.  That's his job.