In a ruling Friday, Administrative Judge Paul Bogas dismissed a complaint by the U.S. National Labor Council that the home improvement retailer violated workers’ rights by preventing them from displaying BLM equipment, according to a Bloomberg News report. Bogas wrote that the name BLM did not have “an objective and sufficiently direct relation to the terms and conditions of employment”. BLM’s message “originated and is being used primarily to address the unwarranted killings of black people by law enforcement,” he wrote. “To the extent that the message is used for purposes beyond that, it acts as a political umbrella for social concerns and relates to the workplace only in the sense that workplaces are part of society,” the judge said. The U.S. National Labor Relations Council had claimed that Home Depot was violating employees’ rights by preventing them from displaying BLM equipment. employment conditions. ” Stefan Jeremiah The complaint originally came from the U.S. National Labor Relations Council, which may appeal the decision. Steven Senne / AP The labor council has the right to appeal the decision, Bloomberg reported. The Atlanta-based retailer is not the only one reporting BLM-related talk. The NLRB Adviser has also filed a complaint against Whole Foods Market for similar reasons, arguing that the seller’s ban on BLM plates or goods worn by employees violates their rights. The NLRB Adviser has also filed a complaint alleging that the Whole Foods Market ban on BLM plates or goods worn by employees violates their rights. Jonathan Drake / REUTERS This case is part of an ongoing debate by a San Francisco judge. A Home Depot spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post on Sunday.
