"A district judge had previously found Whole Foods was not racially discriminating against its employees by banning BLM masks from being worn in the workplace.
Whole Foods claimed in a Dec. 17 filing that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was attempting to “compel employer speech,” which the company says is unconstitutional"
https://newsone.com/4275591/whole-foods-blm-mask-ban-update/
"Whole Foods Market is claiming the US government is infringing on its constitutional right to ban employees from wearing Black Lives Matter masks.
In a December 17 filing obtained by Bloomberg News, the Amazon-owned grocery chain argued that the National Labor Relation Board’s complaint about its BLM mask ban was actually an attempt to violate the company’s constitutional right to impose a dress code.
Whole Foods accused NLRB attorney Jennifer Abruzzo of trying to “compel employer speech” –– which violates the First Amendment"
https://michiganchronicle.com/2022/01/12/whole-foods-says-its-constitutional-to-ban-black-lives-matter-masks/?amp=1
"A group of employees sued Whole Foods in July 2020, claiming they’d been forbidden from wearing Black Lives Matter masks at work and had been subsequently threatened with termination."
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/589015-whole-foods-fires-back-in-battle-over-black
"U.S. labor board prosecutors have alleged that Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market illegally banned employees from wearing "Black Lives Matter" masks and punished workers who did, according to Bloomberg."
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/us-whole-foods-black-lives-matter-masks
"Amazon.com Inc.’s Whole Foods Market illegally banned employees from wearing “Black Lives Matter” masks and punished workers who did, U.S. labor board prosecutors alleged.
The grocery store chain maintained appearance rules at U.S. locations to prohibit staff from displaying Black Lives Matter messages on their apparel, the National Labor Relations Board’s San Francisco regional director wrote in a complaint issued Friday on behalf of the agency’s general counsel."
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justice/u-s-accuses-whole-foods-of-banning-black-lives-matter-masks
"Bloomberg reports that the grocery chain accused the federal government of violating its First Amendment rights by preventing them from disallowing their workers from wearing BLM face coverings."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/whole-foods-stands-decision-ban-000658883.html
Whole Foods says ‘Black Lives Matter’ mask ban protected by First Amendment
https://nypost.com/2022/01/10/whole-foods-says-blm-mask-ban-protected-by-first-amendment/