Today Tim Cook sent an internal memo to Apple employees telling them to them as Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), donated no less than 20 million dollars for the fight against AIDS, the money being collected in a campaign organized together with the NGO RED. Separately from the Apple action, Tim Cook recently made a generous donation to the project called Project One America, which was created with the idea of convincing the authorities in Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi to enact legislation guaranteeing equal rights in the workplace for lesbians and homosexuals.
When Tim first learned about HRC's Project One America – our bold, comprehensive campaign to dramatically advance equality for LGBT Americans in Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi – he said, "I'm in." Thanks to his generous personal financial investment in the program, together we will move the needle forward at the local and state level, tearing down misperceptions and providing concrete protections for those who need it most.
The president of the organization that runs the campaign in the three American states announced during this day the donation made by Tim Cook, avoiding giving an amount, but declaring that it is a generous one, as expected. The donation made by Tim Cook is not related to the Apple company, the CEO being actively involved in supporting the rights of lesbians and homosexuals, he admitting two months ago that he is the gay president of the most popular IT company in the world.
A native of the state of Alabama, Tim Cook knows very well the problems that exist in one of the states where lesbians and homosexuals are not viewed favorably by Americans, so his involvement is understandable. The information regarding Tim Cook's donation comes on the day when the BBC broadcasts a report on the difficult working conditions of the employees of Apple's partners in Asia, the contrast between what is happening in the US and what is happening in China proving that Cook's priorities do not have vision and people who have difficult working conditions.
