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| 6/3/2015

"It’d be nice not to have to mutilate myself just to earn a paycheck."

-- Publix employee Michael H., one of 4,500 signatories to an online petition asking Publix to review its facial hair policy.

For some Publix Super Markets employees, having to shave before every shift is a pain.

“For two years, they’ve gotten on me about little things like not shaving every day,” said Brandon Wesley, a 19-year-old Tallahassee resident who has worked for Publix for two years as a cashier, bagger and, most recently, a stock associate. “I’ve seen a lot of the other associates not be pleased with the policy either.”

Wesley, also a student at Tallahassee Community College, decided to do something about it.

On May 23, he launched a petition titled “Let us have beards!” on www.Coworker.org, an online forum where anyone can start a campaign they believe will improve their workplace.

Read more at the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Tampa Bay Times.

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