FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez addressed the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative Summit on Wednesday (3/26() and spoke about efforts by the FCC and other government entities to “intimidate private companies because of internal labor practices meant to promote fairness in hiring.” She said, “Private businesses all over the country are under attack. Creeping government intervention is
making companies think twice about the way they describe internal diversity programs. They’re afraid the government may retaliate against them simply because of actions that are responsive to how consumers use their services or choose to buy their products. Sadly, the hard-fought lessons of the civil rights movement are being erased – or worse, distorted – to claim that fairness for all requires discrimination against some. That could not be further from the truth.” Gomez says she’s concerned about the Commission weaponizing “its regulatory authority to enforce government mandates that seek to eliminate voluntary efforts by private companies to increase fair and equal employment opportunities.”
