&pizza Pledges Money to Black Lives Matter
You knead to know what food chains have been acting ethically and supporting Black Lives Matter
The fast-casual pizzeria &pizza has taken extraordinary measures to champion Black Lives Matter. After the heinous murder of George Floyd, &pizza encouraged their 700+ employees to challenge this culture of contempt and to protest and emerge as allies. This popular pizza chain permits employees to take paid time off for activism efforts, in addition to the PTO they are already allotted.
For those in this pain. For those in this fight. We stand with the Black Community against racial hate and injustice.
In memory of George Floyd & in UNITY always.
From this day forward, @andpizza will be giving its employees paid time off for activism. pic.twitter.com/j6Capnl37t
— &pizza (@andpizza) May 31, 2020
CEO of &pizza, Michael Lastoria, released a statement regarding this new policy: “This is about using our platform & our resources to allow our people to be seen & heard.”
this is about systemic racism, this is about black lives mattering @CNBC
this is about using our platform & our resources to allow our people to be seen & heard pic.twitter.com/wqlEGtWbjH
— michael lastoria (@__lastoria) June 3, 2020
In addition to their new, profitable policy, &pizza has also made generous donations to Black Lives Matter.
We can say with confidence that &pizza has stolen a pizza our heart; their impressive efforts and genuine dedication to achieving racial equality does not go unnoticed. We commend their active role in the movement and are happy to oblige in indulging in our favorite cheesy comfort food while nourishing an empowering movement.
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