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U.S. COMPANIES AGREEING TO THE MACBRIDE PRINCIPLES AND DATES OF AGREEMENT ( As  of  November 2006) These 88 US Companies have agreed in writing to make all lawful efforts to implement the Fair Employment Practices embodied in the MacBride Principles in their Northern Ireland operations (some of these companies no longer operate in Northern Ireland or have been bought by another company). Overall, there are 135 companies doing business in Northern Ireland. But only 72 publicly traded companies have more than 10 employees. (It is only publicly traded companies with over 10 employees that are obliged by British law to keep a statistical breakdown of the workforce by religion

Company Date   Alberto Culver  2005 AES Corporation 1996 Alcoa 2002 Alexander & Alexander Services 1991 Allstate Corporation 2000 AM International 1991 American Home Products 1991 Analog Devices 2002 AON Corp. 2002 AT & T 1992 Avery Dennison 1992 AVX 1996 Berkshire Hathaway 2006 Bemis Corporation 1997 Blockbuster, Inc. 2001 Caterpillar, Inc. 2002 Chesapeake Corp. 2001 Citigroup 2001 Coca-Cola Co. 2005 Computer Sciences 2004 Conoco 1999 Crawford  2004 Dana Corporation 1995 Danaher Corporation 2003 Data General 1991 Digital Equipment 1989 Donnelly (R.R.) & Sons 1999 Dupont 1992 Emerson Electric 1998 Estee Lauder 1999 Federal Express 1990 Ford Motor Company 1998 Fort James 1998 Fruit of the Loom 1991 Gap, Inc. 2001 GATX Corporation 1993 General Electric 1998 General Motors 1995 Goodrich Corp.   Goodyear Tire 2001 Hewlett Packard   Honeywell 1990 Household International 1998 Hyster (NACCO Industries) 1991 IBM 1992 Interface  2004 Keyspan Energy 1997 Marsh and McClennan 1994 McDonald's Corp. 1994  Merck & Co. 2002 Meridian Medical Technology 2002 Microsoft  2004 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M Corp.) 1996 Northern Telecom (BCE Corp.) 1993 NTL, Inc. 2002 NYNEX 1990 Omnicom  Group 2002 Oneida 1991 Openwave  Systems 2005 Pepsico  2004 Petsmart 1999 Pfizer 2001 Phillip Morris 1995 Pitney Bowes 1990 Procter & Gamble 1991 Reynolds Metals 1994 Sara Lee 1991 Shaw Industries 1996 Solectron 2001 Sonoco 1991 Sun Healthcare 1999 Teleflex 1991 Teletech Holdings 2005 Terex Corp.  2006 Texaco 1991 Toy's 'R' Us 1999 Tyco International 1994 Unisys 1993 United Technologies 2001 Verizon 2000 VF Corporation 1992 Viacom 1999 Visteon Group 2002 Warnaco 1995 Waste Management 1998 Watson Pharmaceuticals 2002 Westinghouse Electric 1995 Xerox Corporation 1996