{"id":33111,"date":"2019-06-26T19:26:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T23:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=33111"},"modified":"2019-07-16T22:48:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T02:48:18","slug":"wake-up-call-for-woke-wayfair-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2019\/06\/26\/wake-up-call-for-woke-wayfair-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake-Up Call for Woke Wayfair Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some employees of the Wayfair furniture retailer walked off<\/a> <\/strong>their jobs in protest of the company selling beds to a government contractor expected to use them for illegal immigrant children awaiting decisions on their legal status.\u00a0 Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted<\/a> <\/strong>that the employees \u201ccouldn\u2019t stomach making beds to cage children,\u201d and \u201c[t]his is what solidarity looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n Oh, really? And, in further solidarity, she and the social justice warrior Wayfairians will deprive themselves of a bed tonight?<\/p>\n I\u2019m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n Despite a professed compassion for people who have chosen to disrespect American immigration rules and cut in front of those legally seeking entry into the United States, liberals insist on making life hard for those who have been caught breaking the law. They have opposed<\/a> <\/strong>legislation to improve living conditions, selectively protested<\/a> <\/strong>enforcement and are now trying to deprive kids of a comfortable place to sleep.<\/p>\n These Wayfairians called it<\/a> <\/strong>\u201cpretty scary\u201d that their employer has the \u201cpotential to profit\u201d from a $200,000 bedroom furniture order from the government contractor BCFS (which manages detention facilities near the U.S.-Mexico border \u2013 in this case, a 1,600-bed facility for children in Carrizo Springs, Texas).<\/p>\n Pre-walkout, Justin Danhof, Esq.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 the director of the National Center\u2019s Free Enterprise Project<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 had some advice<\/a> for Wayfair\u2019s CEO:<\/p>\n There is a crisis at the southern border, and a bunch of far-left Wayfair employees want to shame the company\u2019s executives for doing their part to help improve conditions for migrant children.<\/p>\n These woke employees are planning to walk out of work over Wayfair\u2019s contract to sell $200,000 in furniture to a government contractor that operates shelters for migrant children. Wayfair should not cave to this internal shake-down.<\/p>\n Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah should allow these workers to walk out of they want, but hand them pink slips on the way out the door.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Wayfairians who signed a letter of protest about the planned sale said<\/a> <\/strong>they were acting \u201cfrom a place of concern and anger about the atrocities being committed at our southern border.\u201d Like a lack of beds? Well, their protests would seem to make them the source of the atrocity of discomfort.<\/p>\n So far, management is not giving in to their mob. Wayfair co-founder Steve Conine told<\/a> <\/strong>protestors: \u201cI don\u2019t have the answer you\u2019re going to want to hear. I don\u2019t think this is the correct channel to handle this particular issue.\u201d<\/p>\n Wayfair management released a statement that explained<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cAs a retailer, it is standard practice to fulfill orders for all customers, and we believe it is our business to sell to any customer who is acting within the laws of the countries which we operate. We believe all our stakeholders, employees, customers, investors and suppliers included are best served by our commitment to fulfill our orders.\u201d<\/p>\n