Fort Worth, Texas: Teacher and Fast Food Worker Lose Their Jobs Over 'Black Lives Matter' Masks

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    Texas Teacher and Fast Food Worker Lose Their Jobs Over 'Black Lives Matter' Masks

    A teacher was fired and a fast food worker pushed out of her job in Texas for the same reason: wearing a mask supporting “Black Lives Matter” to work. Lillian White told CBS affiliate KENS she was fired from Great Hearts Western Hill charter school in San Antonio for wearing her mask, while Ma’Kiya Congious's attorney said she was “pushed” out of her job as a cashier at Whataburger in Fort Worth for her covering. Both women’s former places of work claim that they violated policies as to what is allowed to appear on the masks, and Whataburger alleges that ...


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    Texas woman says she was fired by Whataburger for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Similar cases are popping up across the state and all over the country. Over the summer, two Texas teachers faced disciplinary action from their schools, one for wearing a mask and the other for displaying a Black Lives Matter sign, among other signs, in her virtual classroom. Meanwhile in Ohio, a Taco Bell ...


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    https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/26/texas-whataburger-black-lives-matter/
     
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    Texas Woman Says She Was Fired By Whataburger For Wearing A Black Lives Matter Mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Similar cases are popping up across the state and all over the country. Over the summer, two Texas teachers faced disciplinary action from their schools, one for wearing a mask and the other for displaying a Black Lives Matter sign, among other signs, in her virtual classroom. Meanwhile in Ohio, a Taco Bell ...


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    Texas Woman Says She Was Fired By Whataburger For Wearing A Black Lives Matter Mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Similar cases are popping up across the state and all over the country. Over the summer, two Texas teachers faced disciplinary action from their schools, one for wearing a mask and the other for displaying a Black Lives Matter sign, among other signs, in her virtual classroom. Meanwhile in Ohio, a Taco Bell ...


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    Texas woman says she was fired by Whataburger for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Ma’kiya Congious, 19, lost her job at the fast-food chain shortly after her supervisor told her to remove her Black Lives Matter mask when a white customer complained, her attorney Jason Smith said. Smith said Congious had worn the same mask to work in front of several of her managers without consequence. Similar ...


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    Texas woman said she was fired by Whataburger for wearing a BLM mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Ma’kiya Congious, 19, lost her job at the fast-food chain shortly after her supervisor told her to remove her Black Lives Matter mask when a white customer complained, her attorney Jason Smith said. Smith said Congious had worn the same mask to work in front of several of her managers without consequence. Similar ...


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    Texas woman says she was fired by Whataburger for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Similar cases are popping up across the state and all over the country. Over the summer, two Texas teachers faced disciplinary action from their schools, one for wearing a mask and the other for displaying a Black Lives Matter sign, among other signs, in her virtual classroom. Meanwhile in Ohio, a Taco Bell ...


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    Woman says she was fired by Whataburger for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Similar cases are popping up across the state and all over the country. Over the summer, two Texas teachers faced disciplinary action from their schools, one for wearing a mask and the other for displaying a Black Lives Matter sign, among other signs, in her virtual classroom. Meanwhile in Ohio, a Taco Bell ...


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    Texas woman says she was fired by Whataburger for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Similar cases are popping up across the state and all over the country. Over the summer, two Texas teachers faced disciplinary action from their schools, one for wearing a mask and the other for displaying a Black Lives Matter sign, among other signs, in her virtual classroom. Meanwhile in Ohio, a Taco Bell ...


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    Texas woman says she was fired by Whataburger for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Similar cases are popping up across the state and all over the country. Over the summer, two Texas teachers faced disciplinary action from their schools, one for wearing a mask and the other for displaying a Black Lives Matter sign, among other signs, in her virtual classroom. Meanwhile in Ohio, a Taco Bell ...


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    Texas woman says she was fired by Whataburger for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Similar cases are popping up across the state and all over the country. Over the summer, two Texas teachers faced disciplinary action from their schools, one for wearing a mask and the other for displaying a Black Lives Matter sign, among other signs, in her virtual classroom. Meanwhile in Ohio, a Taco Bell ...


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    Texas woman says Whataburger fired her for wearing Black Lives Matter mask

    A Texas woman says she was fired by a Whataburger in Fort Worth for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask to work, in what is the latest in a string of penalties handed down by employers for public displays of support for the social justice movement. Similar cases are popping up across the state and all over the country. Over the summer, two Texas teachers faced disciplinary action from their schools, one for wearing a mask and the other for displaying a Black Lives Matter sign, among other signs, in her virtual classroom. Meanwhile in Ohio, a Taco Bell ...


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    Texas teacher loses job for wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’ mask

    A Texas art teacher says she was fired for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask, but school administrators say she “effectively resigned” by refusing to follow the dress code policy. Lillian White, age 32 and a teacher at Great Hearts Western Hills, a K-12 charter school in San Antonio, said she started wearing her handmade mask with the slogan “Black Lives Matter” to in-person teacher training days once the school reopened in July during the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ve been wearing these masks, you know, since the pandemic started. I started making them and just hadn’t even thought about it. I ...


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