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The walkout meant that employees logged off for the day in protest.
Here’s what happened: Last week, Trump posted on social media about mail-in ballots. The lack of accurate information in the posts spurred Twitter to affix a fact-check label to Trump’s tweets for the first time. Facebook, however, chose to do nothing on an identical post on its site.
Days later, Trump began tweeting about the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis, in which he warned “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Twitter put a warning label on the post saying it glorified violence. Facebook and Instagram (which is owned by Facebook) left the posts untouched.
The lack of action on Zuckerberg’s part did not sit well with everyone, with some employees taking to Twitter to express their disagreement.
Only a small number of Facebook employees have been publicly speaking out, and a source told CNN Business that the company’s human resources department instructed managers not to retaliate against the staff who protested, or to make them use paid time off.
It’s becoming more common to see workers speak up against their employers. Last summer, we saw some Wayfair employees walk out after the company sold bedroom furniture to a nonprofit that operates migrant detention facilities.
There still aren’t nearly enough black leaders in Corporate America
Despite growing awareness of the importance of diversity at work, there’s still a scarcity of black professionals in corporate power roles.
Here’s a snapshot of how few black executives there are in the C-suites and on the boards of America’s biggest companies:
Black professionals in 2018 held just 3.3% of all executive or senior leadership roles, according to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
