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With Harvard Square Darwin’s Location Set to Close, Workers Gather at Owners’ House
Harvard Crimson ^ | November 3, 2022 | Kate Delval Gonzalez and Brandon L. Kingdollar, Crimson Staff Writers

Posted on 11/11/2022 10:13:24 AM PST by Twotone

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1 posted on 11/11/2022 10:13:24 AM PST by Twotone
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Maybe the coffee shop is having trouble adjusting to the changing environment.


2 posted on 11/11/2022 10:16:36 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Twotone

The Union’s demands would motivate most owners to sell the business and leave town....

If the protests get too ugly I suppose the owner could leave town first.

;-)


3 posted on 11/11/2022 10:16:41 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Twotone

Shouldn’t the store be torn down and replaced by a giant windmill surrounded by solar panels?


4 posted on 11/11/2022 10:16:43 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Twotone

Sell the business to the loudmouth ‘workers’ who think they have all the power.


5 posted on 11/11/2022 10:21:36 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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> reiterated past demands for $24 per hour wages, three weeks paid time off, and zero-deductible healthcare for employees <

I applaud these workers for their restraint. After all, they could have also asked for retirement at full pay after one year of employment.


6 posted on 11/11/2022 10:24:53 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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[demands for $24 per hour wages, three weeks paid time off, and zero-deductible healthcare for employees.]

I would hold out for double hourly breaks, free catered meals and beer on tap in the employee lounge.


7 posted on 11/11/2022 10:25:31 AM PST by Farmerbob
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Someone should inform the workers that a business can’t pay for the wages and bennies if it’s broke.


8 posted on 11/11/2022 10:27:40 AM PST by Billthedrill
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.....Harvard’s graduate student union......

I was a Harvard Graduate Student, and received a PhD from Harvard!!

And I say that there should NOT be a graduate student union—at Harvard or any other university!!!!

And I hope that no one skipped Church in order to stage a Sunday protest!!!!


9 posted on 11/11/2022 10:28:26 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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“Darwin’s United — a union representing the chain’s employees “

I think I see the problem


10 posted on 11/11/2022 10:30:08 AM PST by iamgalt
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I thought that it was owned by the Finches.


11 posted on 11/11/2022 10:31:10 AM PST by Radix (Morons don't know much and should be called ‘Lessons.’ )
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To: ridesthemiles

Sell the business to the loudmouth ‘workers’ who think they have all the power.

___________

That’s what I was thinking. Surely they would know how to run a business so as to make millions for themselves.


12 posted on 11/11/2022 10:31:32 AM PST by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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To: Twotone

The comments section of the Harvard Crimson is encouraging.


13 posted on 11/11/2022 10:32:20 AM PST by LongWayHome
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To: Twotone

Yeah, $24 per hour wage, free health care (no deductible), seems like it would be hard to make a profit.

Here’ a thought. The current lease ends 12/1. The Union should lease the place and reopen, pay the workers and provide health care. Put their money where their mouth is.


14 posted on 11/11/2022 10:33:49 AM PST by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: Billthedrill

And I wonder if that’s part of the reason the business is closing. The lease is up and perhaps they weren’t able to negotiate favorable terms going forward. Perhaps the payment of such high wages is making that location unprofitable.

Too many people just don’t understand how businesses work. This business probably does not have a huge profit margin to start with.


15 posted on 11/11/2022 10:35:03 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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So, if you go union you can’t shut down your own business when you want?


16 posted on 11/11/2022 10:42:31 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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It is very easy to close a business.

Lock the doors.

Leave town.

Leave the state.

Game. Set. Match.


17 posted on 11/11/2022 10:43:51 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Billthedrill

As a small business owner, it’s been my experience that many non-business owners assume that we have a 6secret vault full of Scrooge McDuck money.


18 posted on 11/11/2022 10:46:27 AM PST by Calvin Cooledge
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To: peggybac

The first Union was coal miners, they really need a union at first ascthey were desperatrly sbused. When they got too greedy, the countries industries converted to petroleum.


19 posted on 11/11/2022 10:51:28 AM PST by D Rider ( )
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OMG the balls on this guy. “We know that Steve has long been considering selling the business, but the timing really couldn’t be worse,” said Sam White, a Darwin’s United representative.


20 posted on 11/11/2022 10:54:13 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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