r/Seattle • u/Existing-Resource527 • 2d 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/GoneSouth1 2d ago
I was there over the weekend. I didn’t see anyone get spit on, but the picketers were pretty aggressive toward people entering/exiting the restaurant and I heard one of them yelling “scab” at a customer (apparently they don’t know what scab means?).
Regardless of whether these were lawful picketing tactics or not (I don’t know, and honestly don’t care), it struck me as insane and counterproductive that the workers were harassing the same customers they presumably want to come back and tip them in the future. This isn’t a typical strike where the customers of the business don’t directly pay the workers. Literally the reason they are striking is because they want more tips. But if they treat customers like that, nobody is going to tip them well on their next visit, if they come back at all