If you read through the article, and some of the posts here on FR you will see that they are doing this for the stated purpose, have Arthur T. reinstated as the CEO.
The reinstatement will mean that they will continue to be paid (it appears) for their worth to the company.
I saw the pic, they are sitting down, not working and still getting paid.
Their worth to the company is less than zero at this point.
The relationship between market employees and market shoppers is intimate: by being loyal to each other, good stores turn into great stores.
It’s great to see the people who created the greatness using the correct model - capitalism - to buy it back, instead of unionism.