Whole Foods argues it can ban BLM masks because the Supreme Court let a Christian business owner refuse same-sex couples - eviltoast

Amazon.comā€™s Whole Foods Market doesnā€™t want to be forced to let workers wear ā€œBlack Lives Matterā€ 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 itā€™s forced to allow BLM slogans to be worn with Whole Foods uniforms.

Amazon is the most prominent company to use the high courtā€™s June ruling that a Christian web designer was free to refuse to design sites for gay weddings, saying the case ā€œprovides a clear roadmapā€ to throw out the NLRBā€™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.

  • Saik0
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    4ā€¢10 months ago

    And maybe one day youā€™ll get a jobā€¦ and give a fuck about making a living.

    Donā€™t want to have a dress code? Get a different job that doesnā€™t have one.

      • Saik0
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        3ā€¢10 months ago

        Itā€™s not a right. Wearing a fucking pin means nothing and grants nobody freedom.

        Furtherā€¦

        Also, they wonā€™t even let you recognize veterans by wearing a poppy

        Iā€™m in this class as an ex-army veteranā€¦ Donā€™t wear a poppy for us in the USA. It means nothing here.

          • Saik0
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            4ā€¢10 months ago

            LMFAO. Yeahā€¦ alright. You know nothing about this country then. Keep railing on it without knowing anything about it then.

            Wearing a pin or paraphernalia accomplishes nothing expect giving the corporate fuckhead that made that paraphernalia money, and makes yourself feel good.

            You wearing a poppy doesnā€™t actually help a veteran. Get over yourself. I donā€™t find myself lacking help or support nor do I demand acknowledgement.

              • Saik0
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                3ā€¢10 months ago

                Yup, more ad hominem. You know that reflects on you right?

                I have plenty of things that I like. I also know that thereā€™s a time and place for it. While Iā€™m working isnā€™t either. Itā€™s just called common decency.

                  • Saik0
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                    0ā€¢10 months ago

                    I donā€™t believe that adhering to a dress policy is societal oppression. Period. But that seems to be way over your head. If you believe that you NEED the ability to wear that stuffā€¦ get a job that allows it. Itā€™s as simple as that. Itā€™s the ultimate freedom.