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13 Woke Corporations Fighting Back Against
Texas Mask Mandate Repeal







Major corporations in Texas and Mississippi are reassuring their customers they
will continue to enforce mask mandates and other CDC guidelines in reaction to
the state governors’ recent announcements.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott led the way, and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves followed
soon after, by repealing state-wide mask mandates and lifting lockdown orders
on Tuesday. The new state guidelines give businesses the green light to return
to 100% capacity.

The following 13 major corporations have already released statements or
responded to inquiries that confirm their mask mandates and other coronavirus
guidelines will continue to be in force despite states lifting their lockdown orders.


TARGET




“Target will continue requiring guests to wear masks in all of its stores,
the company’s spokesman said, adding that the big-box retailer also required
all store team members to wear masks at work, and provided them with
reusable and disposable masks,” Fox Business reported.


STARBUCKS





Starbucks will continue to enforce a storewide
mask mandate, WSJ reported.
“The company is committed to playing a constructive role in supporting
health and government officials as they work to mitigate the spread of
COVID-19,” Starbucks said in its July statement.



MACY’S






“Department store operator Macy’s said its policy of needing customers and
workers to wear masks in stores was going to remain unchanged,”
Fox Business reported.

“Relaxing common-sense safety protocols like wearing masks is a mistake,”
said Jason Brewer, vice president of Communications and State Affairs at the
Retail Industry Leaders Association. Brewer added that undoing the policies
would “unfairly put retail employees back in the role of enforcing guidelines
still recommended by the CDC and other public health advocates.”



TOYOTA






“Japanese carmaker Toyota, which has its U.S. headquarters and a factory
in Texas, said it was looking into the move by Governor Greg Abbott to roll
back the mask mandate and it doesn’t contemplate any immediate changes,”
Fox Business reported.



HYATT






Hyatt, which was recently embarrassed by issuing a statement condemning
a fake CPAC scandal, will also continue the hotel chainwide mask mandate,
WSJ reported.




CVS






“CVS, which began mandating masks at all stores nationwide in July as
more scientific data emerged showing that face coverings help slow the
virus’s spread, will continue to require them, a spokesman said,”
WSJ reported. “He said CVS will continue to follow federal health guidelines.”




WALGREENS






Walgreens will continue to mandate masks, the company said.




AMC






“America’s largest theater chain, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.,
AMC has had all its Texas theaters open since last year. The company
will continue to require consumers to wear masks,” WSJ reported.




GM






“GM, which employs about 13,500 people in Texas, said it would also maintain
status quo in the state, with regards to its employees wearing masks,”
Fox Business reported.

“We’ll keep our COVID-19 safety protocols in place to ensure we continue to
protect our employees,” GM spokesman Patrick Morrissey said.

ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE






“Alamo Drafthouse’s mandatory mask policy remains in place, as well as
our 6′ social distancing protocols, and all of the other safety measures we’ve
had in place across the country since last year,” the company said Tuesday.

In related news, the New York Post reported that “Alamo Drafthouse revealed
it is selling itself as the dine-in cinema chain filed for bankruptcy on
Wednesday — and one of its new co-owners is a private-equity firm that has
been engulfed in a child-abuse scandal.”




ALDI






“ALDI will continue requiring customers to wear face masks inside its stores,”
a company spokesperson said.

ALDI released a statement that said, in part:

“For the health and well-being of the communities we serve and for the protection
of our employees, we will maintain our current nationwide policy requiring all
employees and customers to wear a face covering when shopping in our stores.
We will continue to assess any new guidelines issued by the CDC, and will keep
our customers informed of any future changes.”






H-E-B/Central Market







“H-E-B and Central Market will continue requiring masks of employees while “urging”
customers to wear them,” ABC reported.

“Although there is no longer a statewide mask order, H-E-B believes it is important
that masks be worn in public spaces until more Texans and our Partners have access
to the COVID-19 vaccine,” the company’s statement read. “As an essential service
provider during the pandemic, H-E-B is focused on the health and safety of our
Partners and customers. H-E-B will still require all our Partners and vendors to
wear masks while at work, and we urge all customers to please wear a mask
when in our stores.”




KROGER






“Masks are required at Kroger grocery stores, according to Kroger Dallas Division
corporate affairs manager April Martin,” ABC reported.

“To ensure the continued safety of our customers and associates, The Kroger Family
of Companies will continue to require everyone in our stores across the country to
wear masks until all our frontline grocery associates can receive the COVID-19 vaccine,”
Martin said.


It will be interesting to see how long these business maintain their guidelines, as the
coronavirus pandemic situation improves, due to natural cycles for such viruses, as
well as millions taking the COVID-19 vaccine.

A number of their business competitors are eager to return to normal. As reported by
the Wall Street Journal, “gym operator Life Time Fitness Inc., Albertsons Cos. and a
number of local restaurants plan to stop mandating masks or return to normal
capacity, or both.”

Not every Texas and Mississippi business is going to be willing to
“get Woke, go broke.”

wikipedia

Quote:Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK) is a term that originated in the United States, referring
to a perceived awareness of issues that concern social justice and racial justice.[1]
It derives from the African-American Vernacular English expression stay woke,
whose grammatical aspect refers to a continuing awareness of these issues.

First used in the 1940s, the term has resurfaced in recent years as a concept that
symbolizes perceived awareness of social issues and movement. By the late 2010s,
woke had been adopted as a more generic slang term associated with left-wing politics,
progressive or socially liberal causes such as anti-racism, LGBT rights, feminism and
environmentalism. It has also been the subject of memes, ironic usage and criticism
for its methods and consequences.[2][3] Its widespread use since 2014 is a result of
the Black Lives Matter movement and the death of George Floyd in 2020.[1][4]


The 21st-century use of woke encompasses the earlier meaning of 'socially or politically
conscious' with an added sense of being 'alert to social and/or racial discrimination and injustice'.

As for being "woke" about the masks... They are saying to have feelings for others by wearing one ... Everywhere

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