Companies touting Black Lives Matter face workforce scrutiny
By SALLY HO Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — As protests over police brutality erupted across the country, The Associated Press reviewed the diversity reports of some of the biggest companies pledging solidarity with their black employees as well as the black community. It found that their efforts to recruit, maintain and promote minorities within their own ranks have fallen short. The #pulluporshutup campaign on Instagram has also been going viral since consumers began pushing companies to reveal the racial makeup of their corporate workforce. Adidas acknowledged its own shortcomings after a growing group of its employees called out the company for its lack of diversity. On Tuesday Adidas pledged to fill at least 30% of all new positions in the U.S. at Adidas and Reebok with black and Latino people.