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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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[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The statement Black Lives Matter is not political, you absolute ham sandwich..

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On its own it's not, but it definitely is in the current political and cultural context. There's no getting away from that. It's going to provoke a political reaction in any conservative and there's no point in pretending otherwise.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's an indictment of Conservatism. What are they trying to Conserve and when was America great? Cause it was not great for folks of color or queer folk back then, and we wont go back.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I can and do agree with everything you argue while also maintaining the objectively obvious fact that context matters in politics.

[–] WorldWideLem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The statement itself shouldn't be political in its sentiment, but obviously the organization exists and it has its own policy positions, events, advocacy, and I can go to their website to donate. I think it's fairly obvious which one Whole Foods would be concerned with.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah, so if I wear a hat at work that says "save babies" and then an organization pops up called "Save babies" and they start donating to politicians, should I no longer be allowed to wear my "Save Babies" hat?

[–] WorldWideLem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If the company you're representing would prefer you didn't, then sure.

Let's use another example, if someone was a big supporter of fascism and was wearing a hat or mask that said, "save fascists", would you prefer the store couldn't prevent them from wearing that?

How bad would the phrase have to get to change your mind?

[–] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Then neither is "Make America Great Again"

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's multiple candidates campaign slogans. It's was a Republican presidential slogan in 64 and 80, very famously part of Reagan's campaign.

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