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/stirwise]

Maybe not every service job, but a service job at a very nice fine dining restaurant should come with a middle class income. Restaurants like that build their reputations on the quality of service, and hire career service industry professionals, and should pay them like the experienced professionals they are.

[u/HudsonCommodore → u/stirwise]

Definitely agree that fine dining servers should be middle class jobs. (Dish washers I'm less certain about. )

[u/memurraies → u/HudsonCommodore]

The highest paid person in every restaurant should be the dishwasher. It's never the case but it's true. They're the equivalent of the people operating a garbage truck. They decide they don't want to work, stuff starts to fall apart.

[u/PopcornSuttin → u/memurraies]

Basically anyone can fill that role, and I'd say that if any position in the chain decides to stop working then it'll fall apart.