Wayfair workers protest furniture sale to detention center

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Alexandra Olson and Steve Leblanc, Associated Press Writers
Updated 4:51 pm CDT, Wednesday, June 26, 2019



Photo: Charles Krupa, AP
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Employees of Wayfair march to Copley Square in protest prior to their rally in Boston, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Employees at online home furnishings retailer Wayfair walked out of work to protest the company's decision to sell $200,000 worth of furniture to a government contractor that runs a detention center for migrant children in Texas.

BOSTON (AP) -- Employees at online home furnishings retailer Wayfair walked out Wednesday to protest the company's decision to sell $200,000 worth of furniture to a government contractor that runs a detention center for migrant children in Texas.

The protest triggered a broader backlash against the company, with some customers calling for a boycott. Several hundred people joined the protest at a plaza near the company's Boston headquarters, a mix of employees and people from outside the company.

More than 500 employees at the company's Boston headquarters signed a protest letter to executives when they found out about the contract. Wayfair refused to back out of the contract but told employees Wednesday morning that it would donate $100,000 to the Red Cross.

"Last week, we found out about the sale and that we are profiting from this. And we are not comfortable with that," said Tom Brown, 33, a Wayfair engineer at the protest. "For me personally, there is more to life than profit."

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Wayfair-workers-protest-contract-with-detention-14050634.php

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[BigmanPigman]

1. Fucking A! RESISTANCE WORKS!

Boycotts work too. Thank you Wayfair activists!!!

[C_U_L8R]

2. Republiderps really have their undies in a knot over this

They're tweeting like mad into the void that liberals don't want children to have beds. The idiots don't even acknowledge that it's still a concentration camp. A privatized concentration camp that's ripping their conservative asses off at 5 star hotel prices. Check your wallets, you heartless morons.

[fierywoman]

3. I would bet serious money that the furniture bought from Wayfair ends up

in contractor's homes and not in the concentration camps.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Because letting the children endure

even more misery is somehow better?

[McKim]

5. This is a Womens' Issue: They Are the Wayfair Shoppers!

This is a women’s issue since most Wayfair shoppers are women! It is also a women’s issue to stand up for the mistreatment of children!!!!!!

[Flaleftist]

6. The article says the furniture is beds.

I'm not sure how to criticize Wayfair for selling them beds while criticizing the prisons for making kids sleep on concrete at the same time. Of course, they shouldn't be there in the first place. But since they are, it would be nice if they at least had beds.

[YOHABLO]

7. I agree. A bed for a kid? Who's to argue with that? Purchasing needs to be accounted for.

[LanternWaste]

9. The article also says...

that the beds are a lesser concern to the employees than is the distribution of profits from that sale which they want donated RAICES, a non-profit that is the largest immigration legal services provider in Texas.

[Flaleftist]

10. Thanks, I missed that. I agree completely. nt

[Bayard]

8. Wayfair!

"We have just what you need!"

I agree, the kids need beds. It is a good thing they are buying them. They could probably get them cheaper than Wayfair. I can't imagine $200K worth would go very far.