Posted on 09/09/2018 8:05:20 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Employees at a Pacific Northwest burger chain triggered a new policy after employees wore buttons that read “Abolish ICE” and “No one is illegal” with their uniforms.
Ten employees of fast food restaurant Burgerville, located in Portland, Ore., were sent home for a day last month when they refused to remove the buttons while on their shift, The Oregonian reported.
The silent protest came amid national outrage regarding the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy that previously separated thousands of migrant children from their parents at the US-Mexico border.
Calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be dissolved has become a popular pledge for many Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections.
Burgerville Human Resources Director Liz Graham told the newspaper that customers complained about the employees' buttons.
"Guests provided feedback that they didn't want to see personal and political messages while they ate," Graham said. "Additionally, some employees expressed that the content of the buttons was drawing unwanted attention that made them uncomfortable."
The company said in a statement to Fox News on Sunday that the employees violated a longstanding non-written policy to abstain from politics while on the clock.
“Some of our employees have been wearing buttons expressing their political views at work. While Burgerville had a long-standing verbal policy prohibiting the wearing of personal buttons, we did not have a written policy about this," the company said in the statement.
The buttons led to the creation of a new policy in an effort to create a “universally welcoming and inclusive environment.”
“We are instituting an updated uniform policy, and buttons and other messaging – both political and personal – will not be allowed. It is a policy that is common in public-facing businesses and is in alignment with our mission to Serve With Love," the statement read.
The new rule will go into effect on Sept. 13.
The move comes amid negotiations between the company and fast food chain’s union, Burgerville Workers Union.
Workers at the Oregon restaurant chain made history in April by becoming the first formally recognized fast food union in the country
So they can’t just close up shop?
You can easily tell stupid management these days. If they’re big on buttons, their brains stopped working in 1990.
WHAT???...A Union for burger flippers??????
When I was a fast food manager I was amazed that some of the kids could not learn to flip burgers. Of course, these weren’t kids I’d hired, the examples I saw were there when I took over (but not for long.) Now that I think about it, every person I ever hired turned out to be a great employee.
Burger and fries union thugs. ROTFL. That’s funny. I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there. It won’t be long now until the politicians force you to become certified to barbeque at home. Without a certification certificate, you’re going to need to hire a union certified thug to do the cooking at your cookouts and barbeques. LOL.
When do they go on strike to be allowed to wear buttons?
Unionists will spit on your food.
I don't trust the cleanliness practices at most fast food joints. That's why I brown bagged it for the last 25 years of my working life. I had a microwave, coffee pot and a full size refrigerator/freezer in my employee break room. I could pick up the mail early on my way to work and drop it off in the evening after work unless it was something urgent. If that was the case, I was close enough to walk to the post office from my office if the weather wasn't extreme.
Small town America was a great place to live and work. Unionized burger flippers? And some of very questionable citizenship and political views? Glad I am past the point of caring about this garbage.
Not happy with 15 dollar minimum wage they want to create more trouble making a political statement that some liberal group and the media will support and televise, my free speech Bottom line they want the employer to put them out on unemployment so they can say home and collect a check
I would be more enlightening to say that the Trump administration continuance of previous administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy that separated thousands of migrant children from their parents at the US-Mexico border. Obama's administration affected tens of thousands more than Trump.
Now, the Burgerville Workers Union?? How much is the ‘membership’ to the union and what is the average wage of the workers?
it’s Oregon
an alternative is to abolish Oregon
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