On November 6, the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling in Home Depot, a case concerning political activity in the workplace to the detriment of professionalism and safety. The NLRB ruled that Home Depot violated the National Labor Relations Act by discharging an employee who refused to remove the letters “BLM” – in reference to the Black Lives Matter movement – from their work apron. The 8th Circuit has now concluded that “the Board improperly evaluated the ‘special circumstances”’ and that the circumstances “justify a prohibition on wearing this kind of message in a customer-facing job at this location during this period of time.” CDW filed an amicus brief in this case.