Posted on May 7, 2023
Grocery store union wins case for Black Lives Matter buttons
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A union that represents more than 50,000 grocery store, retail, and other workers is celebrated a victory Friday, after a judge agreed with them and said they can wear their union-sponsored Black Lives Matter buttons at work.
UFCW 3000 says an administrative law judge from the National Labor Relations Board has ruled in favor of a group of Fred Meyer and QFC workers who were banned from wearing Black Lives Matter buttons, and other items like certain masks, to work.
“It feels good to win again!” said Sam Dancy, a front end Supervisor at the Westwood Village QFC in West Seattle. Dancy has worked for QFC for more than 30 years.
“When we as workers speak out through these buttons and collectively say Black Lives Matter and then QFC and Fred Meyer said to take the buttons off, that was insulting and a violation of the law," Dancy said. "We knew all along we had the right to call out social and racial injustice in the workplace and in our neighborhoods and this judge’s decision reiterates that right.”
UFCW 3000 says an administrative law judge from the National Labor Relations Board has ruled in favor of a group of Fred Meyer and QFC workers who were banned from wearing Black Lives Matter buttons, and other items like certain masks, to work.
“It feels good to win again!” said Sam Dancy, a front end Supervisor at the Westwood Village QFC in West Seattle. Dancy has worked for QFC for more than 30 years.
“When we as workers speak out through these buttons and collectively say Black Lives Matter and then QFC and Fred Meyer said to take the buttons off, that was insulting and a violation of the law," Dancy said. "We knew all along we had the right to call out social and racial injustice in the workplace and in our neighborhoods and this judge’s decision reiterates that right.”
Grocery store union wins case for Black Lives Matter buttons
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The union provided the buttons to workers in 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, and amid the protests that followed. The stores did not favor its employees wearing the buttons, which led to the union challenging the policy. This is the second ruling in the union's favor, following a previous decision in 2021.
The union says the judge agreed with their argument that their right to wear the items was protected under federal labor laws because racism is a workplace issue. The union argued that the employees in this case acted to advance their interest to an “affirmatively anti-racist, pro-civil rights, and pro-justice workplace.”
The judge’s decision further struck down employers’ broad dress codes. No word yet if the stores will appeal this decision to the NLRB in Washington, D.C."
..."The union provided the buttons to workers in 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, and amid the protests that followed. The stores did not favor its employees wearing the buttons, which led to the union challenging the policy. This is the second ruling in the union's favor, following a previous decision in 2021.
The union says the judge agreed with their argument that their right to wear the items was protected under federal labor laws because racism is a workplace issue. The union argued that the employees in this case acted to advance their interest to an “affirmatively anti-racist, pro-civil rights, and pro-justice workplace.”
The judge’s decision further struck down employers’ broad dress codes. No word yet if the stores will appeal this decision to the NLRB in Washington, D.C."
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I don't agree with BLM or their crooked ways BUT I do agree with Freedom of Speech if someone wants to wear them.
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