Verizon ending DEI programs as it seeks US approval for Frontier deal

(Reuters) -Verizon Communications said Friday it is ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs aft the Trump medication opened a probe and arsenic the U.S. telecom bearer seeks support to acquisition Frontier Communications.

Federal Communications Commission seat Brendan Carr successful February criticized Verizon for its promotion ofDEI programs and said it could beryllium a origin successful the Frontier deal.

Verizon said successful a missive to Carr seen by Reuters the institution was removing its “Diversity and Inclusion” website and removing references to DEI from worker grooming and making different changes to hiring, vocation development, supplier diverseness and firm sponsorship practices.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)