Labor Board: Home Depot Wrongly Barred Workers from Wearing Black Lives Matter Messages
• The National Labor Relations Board ruled Home Depot broke the law by requiring workers to remove “Black Lives Matter” insignia from uniforms and punishing one employee who refused
• The board said employees wearing "BLM" insignia was "protected concerted activity" shielded by labor law
• A Home Depot manager had told workers to remove BLM insignia because it violated dress code; one was told it could lead to allowing swastikas
• The ruling reverses an earlier decision that found the BLM protest wasn't protected because it wasn't tied to workplace issues
• The dispute arose after racist incidents at a Home Depot store in Minnesota in the wake of George Floyd's murder; workers pressed managers on issues