Restaurant and retail employees are fighting for the right to wear Black Lives Matter masks and t-shirts to work. Some companies, such as Whole Foods and Chick-fil-A, are banning employees from wearing BLM gear. Others, such as Starbucks and Wawa, have reversed course after initially prohibiting items supportive of the movement. "We now have a generation of workers who will push traditional boundaries and test the company's commitments," said Jacinta Gauda, the principal at communications firm The Gauda Group. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. As the pandemic stretches on, face masks have become a safeguard for restaurant and retail workers across the US.