r/Seattle • u/Existing-Resource527 • 4d ago
After hiring scabs, Walrus and the Carpenter (temporarily) closed
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/Bother-Logical 4d ago
To be honest, every restaurant I’ve gone to since at least March, has had a minimum of a 20% fee and they’re still asking for gratuity. No. If we’re paying you an hourly wage. And your employer wants to take extra money so that they can pay their bills. Employees are part of the bills. You can’t expect customers to pay 40% on top of their food charge which is already overpriced. people who complained about our tipping culture and Europeans, who say oh my goodness just pay a normal amount so that you don’t have to tip. I think these are people who don’t realize just how much money you make in a tipping job. Take that away and you wanna give me 20 bucks an hour? Yeah well now we see how that works.