Trump urges Goodyear boycott after report that his campaign gear was banned at a plant.
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Version 0 of 1. President Trump has sparred with Apple, Twitter, Nike — and now the tire maker Goodyear. Mr. Trump called on his supporters to boycott the company on Wednesday after a television station in Topeka, Kan., reported that employees at a local Goodyear plant had been barred from wearing political attire. The policy specifically mentioned that “Make America Great Again” Trump campaign merchandise was not acceptable. A photo that an employee told WIBW-TV was taken during a recent diversity-training presentation that included guidance on acceptable clothing appears to show a slide projected on a screen listing “Black Lives Matter” and L.G.B.T. pride as “acceptable,” while listing “Blue Lives Matter,” “All Lives Matter,” “MAGA Attire” and “Political Affiliated Slogans or Material” as “unacceptable.” Goodyear released a statement on Wednesday saying that the slide “was not created or distributed by Goodyear corporate, nor was it part of a diversity training class,” but the company did not give further details on where the slide came from. The statement said that in order to keep the workplace free of “harassment or discrimination,” Goodyear asks “that associates refrain” from expression “in support of political campaigning for any candidate or political party, as well as similar forms of advocacy that fall outside the scope of racial justice and equity issues.” A photo of Mr. Trump riding in a presidential limousine with Goodyear tires soon started circulating on Twitter. |