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Harris Morris, vice chair for the Military Strong & Allies business resource group (BRG) at ADP (No. 3 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list and No. 14 on the Top Companies for Veterans specialty list), and Jared Merlie, chair of the Veterans’ Team Member Network (TMN) in…
Originally posted on Hilton.com The #1 Best Company to Work For® in the U.S. pledges to hire 25,000 additional veterans, military spouses, and caregivers by 2025 McLean, Va. – Hilton today announced that it has achieved its Operation: Opportunity target of hiring 30,000 veterans, military spouses and caregivers over the past six years…
For veterans and military spouses, unemployment remains a large issue. In October, the veteran unemployment rate was 3.2%, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Furthermore, 3% of women veterans are unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A 2017 Department of Defense report said a quarter of military…
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Originally published on Boeing.mediaroom.com. Company exceeds three-year, $25 million veterans grants target by $2.4 million Funds will support recovery and rehabilitation programs and workforce transition services In observance of Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced a $10.4 million charitable grants package to support…
Originally published on Newscenter.TD.US. TD Bank’s Melissa Fox joined the U.S. Army for the opportunity to attend a four-year college without taking on the financial burden of massive student loans. She never expected that experience would become the opportunity of a lifetime. The army gave her priceless leadership lessons that…
Originally Published by Cigna The Cigna Foundation announced it will give a $100,000 grant to Veterans Recovery Resources, a community-based, non-profit organization that offers professional clinical care and peer-based wellness programs to military service members, veterans, families, caregivers and survivors in southwest Alabama and surrounding areas. The Cigna Foundation grant…
Press release courtesy of Wells Fargo media team. More than $170 million in donations overall since 2012 delivers steady support for military community Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) announced the company has donated more than $170 million overall since 2012 to military- and veteran-related nonprofits that support housing, career…
The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee typically is cordial, but there seems to be a rift between Republicans and Democrats. House Republicans walked out on a committee hearing on Tuesday because Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif., denied suggested changes to a healthcare policy bill for women veterans that already had bipartisan support….
Many have called the War on Terror the “War of Terror” because it has taken the lives of more than half a million civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is also having alarming health effects on U.S. troops. Veterans and troops that have seen combat in these wars are…
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