“Costco is the latest business to betray its discomfort with the idea, with store managers in Louisville, Chicago, Delaware, and New Jersey sending several employees home for wearing masks that read ‘Black Lives Matter,'” reports The Root.
“Employees at Costco say the big-box business is making a clear choice by penalizing workers who show they believe Black lives matter, since the store has allowed workers to wear masks showing everything from the Pride flag to the ‘Blue Lives Matter’ version of the American flag for months.”
“Now they say the company has introduced a new corporate directive, telling them, ‘To maintain the standards going forward, we expect that attire will be free from pictures or writing or items deemed political or controversial in nature.'”