They sure could lose a lot of customers, and even suppliers. Even employees.
It appears to me that the employees are standing on principle, and the fact that this ‘strike’ is apparently including everyone is showing the strength of their convictions.
According to one poster up thread, the employees he knows are politically conservative.
The take-away from this great story is that employees need to be picking their owners and CEOs, not the other way around.
It’s a business model I hope catches on all through the world of retail. Where the rubber meets the road - employees and shoppers - is where profitability and loyalty lie, not some accountants and raiders who could care less about the intimacy of grocery retailing.
The recipe for success being: BUY your company, don’t UNIONIZE it to get what you want.
I hope the majority shareholders stand firm. Let the stores remain closed for a few months and see what happens.