Whole Foods Workers Sue Over Black Lives Matter Mask Ban

Whole Foods Market Inc.'s policy of disciplining and firing workers for wearing Black Lives Matter face masks is discriminatory and irreparably harms workers who lose their jobs amid a global pandemic, a class action filed in Massachusetts federal court argues.

The workers are also asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts for an order barring the grocery from enforcing the policy that forbids workers from wearing these masks or related apparel. A class action lawsuit, filed simultaneously with a motion for preliminary injunction, says that the company policy discriminates on the basis of race.

The lawsuit, filed ...