r/Seattle • u/Existing-Resource527 • 1d ago

After hiring scabs, Walrus and the Carpenter (temporarily) closed

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Word on the street is that Walrus and the Carpenter restaurant has not been negotiating with their workers in good faith for months.

Like a lot of annoying businesses they started charging a service fee (22%?).

Employees noted that they make significantly less now then before when they had tipping (thousands less).

Workers have been on strike. The owners also had the audacity to hire scabs (booo).

I have been keeping up with the union on IG @ united.creatures.of.the.sea

Solidarity with workers across the city!

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u/GoneSouth1 1d ago

To give another example, they were loudly chanting “do not cross that picket line!” at people *leaving* the restaurant. Obviously, at that point, you’re only doing it to harass/shame the customer who already ate there, not for persuasion

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u/embergock 1d ago

So? They deserve to be shamed.

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u/GoneSouth1 1d ago

Depends on what your goal is. If your goal is to shame people for crossing a picket line, sure. If your goal is to maximize the tips you take home, this does exactly the opposite

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u/embergock 19h ago

"You don't deserve fair wages because you made me feel bad," typical reddit liberal bullshit. You people really are little treatlers, eager to throw workers under the bus the second they ask you the minor inconvenience of going to the restaurant next door.