PITTSBURGH – A transit workers union has settled its litigation with the Port Authority of Allegheny County over a now-overturned ban on its employees wearing face masks emblazoned with “Black Lives Matter” at work, after both the trial court and a federal appellate court ordered the ban ended through injunction.
PITTSBURGH – Though the Port Authority of Allegheny County has appealed
an injunction granted in January to enjoin a ban on its employees wearing face masks emblazoned with “Black Lives Matter” at work to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the trial judge ruled the injunction must stay in place for now.
In a Feb. 24
opinion, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan ordered the preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of the “Black Lives Matter” mask policy would remain active, finding to do otherwise would violate the First Amendment rights of the defendant’s employees.