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The National Labor Relations Board alleged that Whole Foods Market illegally banned employees from wearing "Black Lives Matter" apparel on the job.
In a complaint issued by the NLRB's San Francisco office on Friday and first reported on by Bloomberg, the organization claimed the Amazon-owned grocery chain broke federal labor law by prohibiting staffers from wearing or displaying Black Lives Matter messaging on their masks or clothes.
The dress code was enforced in 2020 during the height of national Black Lives Matter protests that swept the country in response to the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, the filing states. Whole Foods was among a number of companies across industries where employees participated in demonstrations calling attention to issues of racial injustice in the workplace.
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