Wayfair employees have planned a walkout on Wednesday to protest furniture sales by the online home goods store to a detention facility based along the U.S.-Mexico border.
“We believe that the current actions of the United States and their contractors at the Southern border do not represent an ethical business partnership Wayfair should choose to be a part of,” the employees’ letter states. “We believe that by selling these products to BCFS or similar contractors we are enabling [a child rights] violation and are complicit in furthering the inhumane actions of our government.
— wayfairwalkout June 25, 2019 In response, Wayfair’s executive leadership team thanked the employees in a letter for being “focused on impacting our world in meaningful and important ways.” But speaking as business leaders, the team said, “We also believe in the importance of respecting diversity of thought within our organization and our customer base. No matter how strongly any one of us feels about an issue, it is important to keep in mind that not all employees or customers agree.
— wayfairwalkout June 25, 2019 The border has received renewed national attention in recent days after reports surfaced that more than 300 detained children at a remote Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, were living in alarming conditions, including with inadequate food, water and access to hygiene.
Following the executive team’s response, the employees decided to plan a walkout. Workers were “disheartened” by the response from leadership, but felt energized about continuing the conversation, the Wayfair employee says.
It’s almost as if they don’t really give a shit about the kids
Employees that have no understanding
Would they rather not have beds in the centers? Cause as long as we have this illegal alien problem, and folks, sometime not real family, are using these kids, we’re gonna have detention centers
Yaaa, cause they dont deserve beds!!!! Lol! Jk!
With Trump's morality, not getting beds is a win, because kids will have to sleep on floors instead.
Weird... I also didn't know that concentration camps even had beds 🤔
So Democrats now want the illegal immigrants to sleep on the floor... got it 👌
Because it's better for these poor children to sleep on the floor (?) I would actually fire all the Wayfair employees that participate in the walk out, not for going on strike, but for being to dumb to understand that sleeping on a bed is better than sleeping on the floor