Hundreds of Simon & Schuster employees called on the company to stop publishing books tied to the Trump administration in a petition submitted to top management on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported, amping up the pressure after the publisher’s top executive refused to scrap a book deal with former Vice President Mike Pence.
According to the WSJ, the petition gained the support of 216 S&S employees, which amounts to about 14% of the publisher’s workforce.
Over 3,500 people outside the company also signed onto the petition, including prominent Black authors like Jesmyn Ward, a two-time winner of the National Book Award whose spokesperson confirmed with the WSJ that she was a signee.
In the letter submitted to Chief Executive Jonathan Karp and Senior Vice President Dana Canedy, the petitioners demand the company pull out of its deal to publish Pence’s memoir, citing policies they accuse of being racist, sexist and discriminatory against LGBTQIA+ people.
This is how totalitarian governments start. First they shut you up then they shut you down. They came for me and then they came for you. THEY being the oligarchs or those that run our government.
These idiots should be ashamed.
This is nothing but communism/marxist BS..go woke go broke…when the shooting starts its going to be a tough battle with so many commies who have infiltrated some many institutions, but they are the ones who need to be silenced they do not believe in the constitition so theu MUST go !!
Nothing but geeks and gays in those jobs anyway.
Considering that they’re in NYC, one of the bluest spots in the nation, 14% is tiny.