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Facebook employees asked to wear masks at offices due to rising COVID-19 cases
Facebook said last week that it would require its US employees to be vaccinated against Covid-…
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A man refusing to wear a mask threatened to sue Chipotle and demanded the police be called after an employee refused to serve him
"I want to be served like a normal human being," the customer says, before threatening to file a la…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Anti-mask shoppers at Costco and Target throw tantrums and tear down mask displays, revealing a growing crisis for retail workers
The coronavirus pandemic has created a new crisis for retailers, as anti-mask customers harass and …
Kate Taylor
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Starbucks will become the first national restaurant chain to require all customers to wear masks in stores
Starbucks is set to become the first national restaurant chain to require customers to wear masks i…
Kate Taylor
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'I don't have to do what you say!': Pro-Trump Starbucks customer lashes out at a barista in an anti-mask rant, as workers face harassment and violence on the job
"It's a hoax," a Starbucks customer screamed at the barista. "I don't have to wear a mask. I don't …
Kate Taylor
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Association representing Target, Home Depot, and other major retailers is demanding that governors start requiring masks in public
Store workers shouldn't have to face hostility around masks while on the job, retailers say.
Madeline Stone
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Costco led the way in requiring shoppers to wear masks. Anti-mask customers are still fighting back.
Two months after Costco rolled out its new mask policy, viral clashes between anti-mask customers a…
Kate Taylor
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Workers brace for renewed 'rebellion and anger' in stores and restaurants amid changing mask guidance
Employees of chains like Walmart, Starbucks, and Ikea appear split on whether masks and vaccines sh…
Mary Hanbury,Grace Dean,Áine …
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Workers at chains like Kroger, Costco, and Waffle House are on the front lines of an increasingly violent war between mask supporters and opponents
As stores encourage shoppers to wear masks, retail workers are bearing the brunt of the backlash.
Kate Taylor,Áine Cain
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Lowe's won't allow employees to enforce its in-store mask rule over fears of violent anti-mask shoppers
"We will not ask our associates to put their safety at risk by confronting customers about wearing …
Áine Cain
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A viral TikTok appears to show a customer yelling at a McDonald's employee and smashing a plastic COVID-19 screen after being asked to wear a mask
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, customers have clashed with restaurant and other retail workers o…
Grace Dean
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An Ohio man was arrested at Walmart after pulling out brass knuckles when asked to wear a mask, revealing a growing threat to retail workers this Black Friday
Workers are harassment and violence from anti-mask customers. But, this Black Friday, experts say t…
Kate Taylor
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A California woman didn't want to wear a mask in a Verizon store, so she pulled down her pants and peed on the floor
The police in Roseville, California, told CBS Sacramento and People magazine that they arrested the…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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A mask-less Trader Joe's customer in Texas had a meltdown after being denied entry - and it reveals how states' new rules endanger workers
In Texas, frontline workers are forced to impose corporate rules on masks without the support of th…
Grace Kay
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Lowe's will not refuse to serve anti-mask shoppers in order to prevent aggressive outbursts, but the policy has store workers worried
"People simply do not attempt to do the right thing unless they think someone is watching or there …
Áine Cain
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A Lowe's customer filed a $20 million lawsuit against the home-improvement retailer alleging that an anti-mask shopper flouted the store's facial-covering rules and spat in his face
In an interview with Business Insider, John Birke, who is suing Lowe's, likened the divided attitud…
Áine Cain
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Aggressive anti-mask customers are forcing some restaurants to shut dining rooms to protect employees from abuse
Some restaurants are shutting down or closing dining rooms back up after employees faced harassment…
Kate Taylor
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A new survey finds hundreds of McDonald's workers have been assaulted by anti-mask customers, as mandatory masks become the norm
44% of McDonald's workers said they had been assaulted after confronting customers who weren't wear…
Kate Taylor
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Karen Pence says Mike Pence didn't know about the Mayo Clinic's requirement that visitors wear masks, despite the clinic saying they informed him
The Mayo Clinic said in a tweet it later deleted that it "informed" the vice president about its ma…
Eliza Relman
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McDonald's CEO says that workers might call the police on customers who won't wear a mask — and it could be a growing trend in retail
More retail workers may start calling law enforcement on anti-mask customers as retailers struggle …