...[M]embers of the House of Representatives this week introduced the latest version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, a civil rights measure that calls for protecting gays and transgender persons from job discrimination...At the news conference Tuesday on ENDA, Rosalyn Pelles, an official with the AFL-CIO, and Steven Keyes, vice president for compensation, benefits and human resources for Nationwide Insurance Corporation, said ENDA enjoys widespread support from the nation’s labor unions and Fortune 500 corporations. The lawmakers supporting the bill released a list of corporate supporters of the legislation that includes Microsoft, Levi Strauss, Coca-Cola Company, Charles Schwab, Nike and Hewlett-Packard, among others...