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

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.

    • Saik0English
      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.

        • Saik0English
          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.

            • Saik0English
              1ā€¢10 months ago

              What if youā€™re a black teen and the only job you can get is at Whole Foods?

              Then donā€™t piss off the only employer in your area? Thatā€™s not Whole Foods [or anyone elses really] problem.

              Then your boss tells you not to acknowledge [BLM, please donā€™t conflate the scenario here]

              No. The policy is NO branding other than whole foods. This isnā€™t targeted at anyone in particular. If you believe that whole foods is treating you poorly then you leave the job. Thatā€™s it.

              Youā€™re so up youā€™re own ass, youā€™re unable to sympathize with any marginalized group

              Youā€™re so up your own that you didnā€™t even stop to realize that I might be part of those groups myself the funny part is my group was treated worse for literally hundreds of years longer but you do you. Youā€™re making assumptions without realizing that this has nothing to do with any of what your talking about. Itā€™s literally just a bog standard basic dress code, not an anti-BLM plot.

                • Saik0English
                  2ā€¢10 months ago

                  Itā€™s literally not. If you insert any other argument then youā€™re wrong.

                  https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-dismisses-whole-foods-workers-lawsuit-over-black-lives-matter-masks-2023-01-23/

                  ā€œThe evidence demonstrates only that Whole Foods did not strenuously enforce the dress code policy until mid-2020, and that when it increased enforcement, it did so uniformly,ā€ Burroughs wrote in a 28-page decision.

                  You can literally read the full decision from the judge if you like. If you can find evidence that Whole Foods was acting against the employees unfairly, then Iā€™m sure the plaintiffs lawyers would like to hire you on as a partner in their firm.

                • Saik0English
                  3ā€¢10 months ago

                  Not even close. Iā€™m part of a marginalized group, but donā€™t make it my whole identity. I came from immigrant parents, am first generation American, worked hard to get where I am and am raising up those around me as well. You know what doesnā€™t help? Wearing a fucking pin or logo.