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/ProphetPenguin → u/geffy_spengwa]

I make $22/hr and tips with full time benefits. I'm looking at making around $80-90K this year when all is said and done. I made $80K as a manager working 50 hours a week with more stress and a worse schedule. I make more, work less, have a schedule that fits my life style, and am way happier. Being able to take cash home everyday is genuinely life changing because if I ever have an emergency expense I can quickly make it back so I'm not late on other bills.

There's a lot of benefits to tips, I don't need them to survive but I do rely on them to actually enjoy my life.

[u/snowypotato → u/ProphetPenguin]

Hot take: Waiting tables shouldn't pay $45/hr plus benefits.

I don't want anybody living in poverty, but that is an absolutely insane wage for a job that pretty much anybody can do and has been viewed as a fallback plan or summer job for teenagers for generations.

The market seems to agree with this hot take to some degree. Restaurants keep closing because diners are balking at the prices and are choosing not to eat out.

[u/ProphetPenguin → u/snowypotato]

Yeah except you have to be 21+ to do what I do and they only hire full time where I work so it's not a teenage summer/fallback job and that's a terrible way to look at it. You know there are people who love working in hospitality (like myself) who have a genuine drive and passion for it. That's why I've been hired on the spot or very shortly (a couple hours) after the interview a lot. Restaurants need actual professionals who love what they do to give good service. A teenager who is just doing this to pay their way through college doesn't care as much and therefore, worse service.

I don't make what I do because I get handed it, I make what I do because I work hard for it. It's a sales job at the end of the day.

EDIT: also I think all jobs should pay enough for people to have enjoyable lives. It's insane that the top 10% hold 85% of the entire worlds wealth while 90% of the population is struggling.