A federal lawsuit accuses Whole Foods Market of retaliating against employees when it barred them from wearing Black Lives Matter masks on the job.
, alleging that company discriminated against its employees when it barred them from wearing Black Lives Matter masks while on the job.
Whole Foods Market disciplined, intimidated and retaliated against workers who were showing their solidarity with the racial justice movement and its resurgence of support following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, according to the federal lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Boston. Store managers cited the company dress code, which prohibits slogans or logos not affiliated with the company, as the reason for prohibiting. In a statement, Whole Foods said that its employees “must comply with our longstanding company dress code, which prohibits any visible slogans, messages, logos or advertising that are not company-related, on any article of clothing.”
But the plaintiffs say the company has allowed other messages on workers’ attire, including rainbow pins and flags in support of LGBT rights, and sports team names and logos.“The actions of Whole Foods against its employees are not only illegal but shameful,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a statement.
Whole Foods “selectively and arbitrarily” enforced the dress code to specifically suppress the Black Lives Matter message, she said.
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