So Brandon Wesley, 19, started a address on Coworker.org calling on Publix to acquiesce advisers to acquire beards. In aloof over a week, about 6,250 bodies sided with him and acquire active the address in support.
Wesley said he wants to advice "modernize" the company's "outdated" facial bristles action and dress code.
"I didn't appear to this with the mindset that I would change the company," Wesley told CNNMoney. "But it got to the point area the majority (of my coworkers) capital change."
Publix allows its workers to action mustaches, but Wesley says he and added advisers acquire they should be accustomed to abound their beards if they appetite to. They are accommodating to acquire limitations on the breadth of the beards and will alike abrasion nets over them, if necessary.
Wesley addendum that Publix allows workers to acquire beards at its three GreenWise stores, which specialize in amoebic and environmentally-friendly products.
A agent for Publix said the aggregation activated changes to its compatible and admonishment standards at GreenWise, but it didn't extend those changes to added stores.
"As a aliment architect and retailer, bristles presents challenges," the agent said, abacus that the aggregation continuously re-evaluates its agent policies.
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Wesley said he started alive at the Publix grocery abundance in Tallahassee back he was 16 years old. At that time, he didn't acquire any facial hair, but now he needs to barber every day.
In accession to the facial bristles ban, Wesley said he had to abolish his adenoids and ear rings to accommodate to the company's dress code.
Coworker.org said added than 4,400 of bodies who acquire active the address articular themselves as Publix employees. The address is already amid the top 25 petitions in agreement of absolute signatures on the site.
The comments absorbed to the online address showed that some barter additionally abutment the workers.
"I am a continued time client at Publix and I acquisition the dress cipher activated there offensive," reads one animadversion from William T. "This isn't the 1950's, afterwards all. I acquire beat a bristles for best of my developed activity (I am now on the bend of 50 years old), and cannot appreciate why Publix enforces such silly, anachronous rules on appearance."
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Employees acquire acclimated Coworker.org petitions to change behavior at added civic chains.
Starbucks (SBUX) eased its ban on arresting tattoos aftermost year, acceptance advisers to affectation anatomy art that's accounted tasteful. The change came afterwards a Coworker.org address garnered 21,000 signatures.
Walmart (WMT) bigger its scheduling action afterwards a address accustomed added than 20,000 signatures. And accouterment banker Zara gave advisers in New York City a accession in acknowledgment to a petition.
Publix has 168,500 advisers and added than 1,100 locations in six U.S. states. A backer for the aggregation did not acknowledge to a appeal for comment.
CNNMoney (New York) First appear June 1, 2015: 3:27 PM ET
