home depot

Bernie Marcus, Home Depot co-founder who pledged to give away his billions, has died

2:16pm November 06, 2024

A man of second acts, Marcus started Home Depot after getting fired from another retailer. He then became a philanthropist, a Republican megadonor and an evangelist of capitalism.

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The Home Depot says it is spending $1 billion to raise its starting wage to $15

6:38am February 22, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The first changes were reflected in employees' Feb. 17 paycheck, the company announced Tuesday. Ohers will see the changes on their Feb. 24 paychecks.

The Home Depot store is seen in Philadelphia on Feb. 22. Home Depot workers in the city could form the company's first unionized store.

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Home Depot workers in Philadelphia vote on whether to form 1st unionized store

5:00am November 02, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

More than 260 workers will be able to begin voting on Wednesday. Results are expected late Saturday.

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A judge dismisses an ex-Home Depot employee's case about not wearing BLM on uniforms

5:44am June 13, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The Home Depot's uniform policy bans political or religious messages "unrelated to workplace matters" from employees' aprons, or elsewhere on their clothing.

President Trump defended Home Depot's co-founder after Bernie Marcus said he would support Trump's reelection campaign, sparking a company boycott.

Home Depot Responds To Calls For Boycott Over Co-Founder's Support For Trump

4:39pm July 10, 2019

by Amy Held

Bernie Marcus said he was backing Trump's 2020 presidential bid, prompting a backlash against the home improvement giant. Trump, in turn, tweeted his support for Home Depot.

Protestors holding pictures of people who died from use of paint removers, including Drew Wynne, protest outside a Portland, Maine, Lowe's store on May 10, 2018. They were trying to persuade the retailer to stop selling paint strippers containing methylen

Retailers Plan To Clear Deadly Paint Removers From Shelves, As EPA Delays Ban

9:54am November 12, 2018

A chemical in common paint removal products is implicated in more than 50 deaths. Even though a federal ban has been delayed, some major retailers are voluntarily taking the products off shelves.

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