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Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market doesn’t want to be forced to let workers wear “Black Lives Matter” masks and is pointing to the recent US Supreme Court ruling permitting a business owner to refuse services to same-sex couples to get federal regulators to back off.

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have accused the grocer of stifling worker rights by banning staff from wearing BLM masks or pins on the job. The company countered in a filing that its own rights are being violated if it’s forced to allow BLM slogans to be worn with Whole Foods uniforms.

Amazon is the most prominent company to use the high court’s June ruling that a Christian web designer was free to refuse to design sites for gay weddings, saying the case “provides a clear roadmap” to throw out the NLRB’s complaint.

The dispute is one of several in which labor board officials are considering what counts as legally-protected, work-related communication and activism on the job.

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[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I wouldn’t go to a different store to protest

Right... So what does THAT [or any really...] particular Whole Foods have anything to do with BLM? So why protest while you're working? Does it make sense to WORK for the people you're apparently protesting against? That's a bit counter-intuitive...


And BLM is not POLITICAL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/09/black-lives-matter-pac-428403

Black Lives Matter launches a political action committee

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21306771/black-lives-matter-george-floyd-protest-michael-kazin

BLM is succeeding — culturally and politically.

So... You sure about that? I can provide more if you'd like...


Protesting isn’t done out of convenience, or postponed for the convenience of others…

When you've sold your time to someone else, it shouldn't be done at all. Or at the very least with their blessing/permission.


And “just quit”? What fucking cushy world do you live in where you can hop from job to job? Especially if you were black, or trans, and other places could be equally as discriminatory?

The same ones you would if you lives near me. There's plenty of jobs to have. Literally have access to dozens of jobs at several different wage points within walking distance of me. They've been publicly advertising the need for workers desperately for years at this point. But see... you seem to be too entitled to just follow a simple fucking dress code... so many places probably wont want to hire you since you're unable to follow simple policies. If your job, whatever it is... decided that you need to show up in khakis and a button shirt starting tomorrow with no visible writing/logos (other than maybe the tags on the clothing itself)... Is that racism? Would you scream that they're being unfair? Or maybe they just want you to appear more professional to your customers? But this is a different problem all together. Being desirable by companies usually means you play by their rules in regards to the time you're working for them.