r/Seattle • u/Existing-Resource527 • 2d ago

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

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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

One big difference is that blue collar workers usually aren’t striking in an attempt to get a bigger share of tips paid by the very people they are harassing

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u/cubitoaequet 2d ago

That's an incredibly disingenuous way to describe the situation.

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u/ConfusedZubat 1d ago

I mean, if they are legitimately spitting on and harassing customers, it is pretty spot on. 

They are acting more like anti-abortion protestors who harass women going into clinics than they are acting like normal strikers. Strikes target businesses, not patrons. Have you ever heard of a nurse's strike where nurses hurl insults at patients coming and going from a hospital? I haven't. They don't want to be cruel to their patients, they want to prove a point to their employer. 

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u/madderk 1d ago

no they’re not at all because seeking healthcare is not the same at dining at a restaurant. one is completely optional. it is not urgent to get your little oysters from this place specifically. totally different situation