"Holiday Market in Royal Oak is facing criticism from customers for allegedly telling two employees to remove Black Lives Matter messaging from their uniforms. Initially, the management was accused of threatening to fire employees for wearing the messaging, but in a statement on Facebook, which was later deleted, co-owner Tom Violante Jr. acknowledged incidents involving employees but denied any firings. He stated that the uniform policy was to avoid taking a stance on controversial messages. After backlash, the company revised its statement to apologize, show support for Black Lives Matter, commit to producing supportive pins for staff, and donate $2,500 to the Equal Justice Initiative." - Brenna Houck
