Apple shareholders vote against ending DEI program amid Trump crackdown

Vote vindicates tech company's decision to uphold diversity initiatives as other firms give into pressure from president

Apple shareholders voted down an attempt to pressure the technology company into yielding to Donald Trump's push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce.

A proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research - a self-described conservative thinktank - urged Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives currently in the Trump administration's crosshairs.