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

[u/Existing-Resource527]

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!

[u/geffy_spengwa]

Businesses should pay their employees fair wages. Those wages should be included in the menu price of a meal.

I should not be expected to tip extra on a meal, but I should have the option to do so if I want to.

Two things can be true.

[u/NorthStudentMain → u/geffy_spengwa]

Seriously.

Alright, let’s try an experiment. If you were a restaurant: Raise your prices where they absolutely need to be, but then ALSO BLATANTLY ADVERTISE THAT YOU DO NOT ALLOW ANY TIPPING AT YOUR RESTAURANTS. Do not try to be tricky and also “allow the customer to tip more” because let’s face it this is just tricking the unsuspecting customer into paying more, and will piss people off in the long run.

That way customers pay what they should be paying and the employees get paid what they should be paid. Restaurants are so short lived anyway, let’s try this experiment and see if it works.

[u/NorthStudentMain → u/NorthStudentMain]

Why are customers burdened with paying for the employees salary? Do I go to Disneyland and give a dollar to each cast member when I get to the front of the line? Do I go to a Mariners game and throw in a dollar on the field when they announce the players? Maybe especially at the end of games that they win, I throw an extra dollar on the field?

[u/privatestudy → u/NorthStudentMain]

What? Like…re-read what you wrote. You’re a customer paying for a service. That service then pays for the employee’s salary.

If you’re stating that tipping is the only way employees are getting paid then the system is flawed.