The employees sent an open letter titled “Ending our customer relationship with the NRA” to Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor, CFO Amy Weaver, and CMO Sarah Franklin late last month. SF Gate saw the letter, which appeared on the company’s internal Slack platform.
The shooting left 19 children and two adults dead. “It’s not in our power to get background checks or other gun control measures passed by Congress—but we can effect change by ending our commercial relationship with our customer, the National Rifle Association,” the open letter notes.
The letter goes on to make clear how the NRA benefits from the company’s customer relationship management software. “The NRA uses Salesforce products to drive their marketing and fundraising efforts,” the letter reads. “It is unconscionable to consider their use of Marketing Cloud to capitalize on mass shootings.”