Judge Dismisses Suit Filed By Whole Foods Employees

BOSTON (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by Whole Foods Market employees who alleged the supermarket chain discriminated and retaliated against them when it barred them from wearing Black Lives Matter face coverings. More than two dozen current and former workers from 11 stores said in the July lawsuit that Whole Foods violated federal law that bars discrimination based on race. But a federal judge Friday said that because the company did not single out the workers based on race, it did not discriminate. Whole Foods said it agreed with the decision. A lawyer for the employees pledged to keep pursuing the case.