JEFFERSON CITY, Mo- Over 500 Missouri-based companies have joined together in support of workplace protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Missourians.
Support has also come from Burns & McDonnell, which placed 14th in FORTUNE’s 2014 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, and from Inc. 5000’s Polsinelli.
“The corporate world has paved the way for LGBT equality,” said A.J. Bockelman, Executive Director of PROMO, Missouri’s statewide LGBT advocacy organization. “It’s great to see homegrown Missouri companies helping to lead that charge.”
MONA would extend basic workplace protections for the lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community by adding sexual orientation and gender identity into the Missouri Human Rights Statute, which already protects against workplace discrimination based on race, sex, and national origin.
More than 160,000 LGBT adults in Missouri would benefit from an expanded state non-discrimination law that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
Other notable Missouri based companies supporting MONA include, Thompson Coburn LLP, Bryan Cave, Pinnacle Entertainment (Ameristar Casinos in KC and St. Charles and River City in Casino), Isle of Capri Casinos (Booneville, Kansas City, Cape G), Penn National Gaming, Affinity Gaming (La Grange, St. Joseph), Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C., Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Kansas City, Bar Association of Missouri-St. Louis and Husch Blackwell in Kansas City.
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