Whole Foods didn't break the law by punishing workers who wore pins and face masks with BLM slogans, judge rules

Fri, 12/22/2023 - 07:50

Community members protest outside the River Street Whole Foods Market store, in support of employees who wear face masks printed with the Black Lives Matter slogan at the store in Cambridge, MA on June 28, 2020. — Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Whole Foods didn't break the law when it banned workers from wearing BLM slogans, a federal judge ruled.
In some cases, workers were disciplined for wearing face masks and pins with BLM slogans.
The judge said that wearing these items wasn't a protected activity.

Whole Foods didn't break the law when it banned workers from wearing apparel and accessories with Black Lives Matter slogans and in some cases disciplined them for breaking this policy, a federal judge has ruled.