Whole Foods Workers File Class Suit Over Discipline For BLM Masks

Mealey's (July 23, 2020, 11:28 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — Employees of Whole Foods Market Inc. filed a class complaint and emergency motion for a preliminary injunction on July 20 in a Massachusetts federal court alleging that their employer selectively enforces its dress code policy and violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it disciplined and threatened them with termination for wearing Black Lives Matter (BLM) face masks (Suverino Frith, et al. v. Whole Foods Market, Inc., No. 20-11358, D. Mass.)....