Home Depot ban on worker’s Black Lives Matter apron was illegal, US agency rules
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 22, 2024
By Daniel Wiessner
(Reuters) - Home Depot violated U.S. labor law by barring a retail worker from wearing an apron that said "BLM" in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, a federal labor board ruled on Wednesday.
The National Labor Relations Board in a 3-1 decision said the worker's refusal to remove the writing from the apron was protected by federal law because it came amid complaints about racial discrimination by employees at the New Brighton, Minnesota store.
The worker, Antonio Morales, who uses they/them pronouns, in 2021 was . . .
