#Wayfairwalkout @@@

[jmc325]

Has anyone been keeping up with the Wayfair walkout? Apparently over 500 employees signed a petition after learning that Wayfair is profiting off of selling beds to the camps where the children are being held at our borders. The CEO responded back basically saying thanks for your concern, but no thanks, we will keep selling beds. Because of that response employees will be walking out tomorrow. The hashtag is starting to gain some traction on Twitter.

[heyjude]

Someone get Young House Love’s attention. They sell their furniture on Wayfair.

[Kristinmo]

I just saw this. I am horrified and yet not surprised at the CEOs response.

[amberlyrose]

Here are twitter threads about the letters:

god.dailydot.com/wayfair-refuses-stop-supplying-concentration-camps/?utm_content=buffer9dd88&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=thegoodlordabove&utm_campaign=bloomjoy&fbclid=IwAR2neH8uN1uGSx8qYZrGZXXKkYx0rXvbNRIV97HftXvmFsx5jcw--Z1Su4k

[NewOrleans]

I remember in 2017 they were merrily advertising on Breitbart.

[jmc325]

We recently bought a house and I had quite the list from Wayfair of things I wanted to purchase. We did buy an area rug back in April, but luckily hadn't pulled the trigger on anything else. Now it's back to the drawing board because I refuse to shop there and I hope others will do the same.

Good on those employees for standing up for what is right!

[pixy0stix]

Damn. WTG employees!

[isabel]

Thank you for sharing this. I had no idea. I was just looking at something on Wayfair the other day. That's a big nope now.

[missmissy234]

At first I read this and I thought "Great Wayfair is doing something good to help the horrid situation there". Then I re-read and saw that they're profiting from this AND the CEO's response is disgusting.

I have a bunch of stuff in my shopping cart on there that I will be promptly deleting.

[heyjude]

FYI the same things on Wayfair are often on Amazon sometimes for cheaper.

Not that amazon is a paragon of corporate responsibility but I haven’t heard they are profiting off child detention camps. Yet.

[pugz]

Jun 25, 2019 14:53:00 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Someone get Young House Love’s attention. They sell their furniture on Wayfair.

I tagged them on twitter. They posted about the border situation last summer if I recall. They very rarely post about anything political

[VillainV]

I’m grossed out by the CEOs response....but apparently the government isn’t accepting donations for these migrants.

U.S. Border Patrol Is Refusing Citizen Donations Even as It Holds Migrant Children Without Access to Soap and Toothpaste slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/border-patrol-refusing-donations-migrant-children-soap-and-toothpaste.html

At least they could sell them to the government at cost (or for a loss)??

[af1212]

Noooo ... I was just about to buy a couch, coffee table and end tables from there to fit my awkwardly sized living room.

Jerks - so gross!

[BeagleMama]

Jun 25, 2019 15:44:56 GMT -5 pugz said:

Jun 25, 2019 14:53:00 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Someone get Young House Love’s attention. They sell their furniture on Wayfair.

I tagged them on twitter. They posted about the border situation last summer if I recall. They very rarely post about anything political

I did see they replied to an Instagram comment: 

http://instagram.com/p/BzCBBT4lw5a

 

Thanks to everyone who has made us aware of this. We just deleted all of our stories promoting this week’s sale. We also communicated through our contact (our manufacturer) that we don’t feel right sending business their way until they hopefully rectify this. Thankfully our furniture is also available on Amazon and Overstock, which gives everyone some alternatives - but we are hoping Wayfair will somehow make it right ❤️

[isabel]

Jun 25, 2019 15:50:16 GMT -5 VillainV said:

I’m grossed out by the CEOs response....but apparently the government isn’t accepting donations for these migrants.

U.S. Border Patrol Is Refusing Citizen Donations Even as It Holds Migrant Children Without Access to Soap and Toothpaste slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/border-patrol-refusing-donations-migrant-children-soap-and-toothpaste.html

At least they could sell them to the government at cost (or for a loss)??

I suppose this does beg the question... where are they supposed to buy these things? 

But to the point of the letter sent by Wayfair's employees, it sounds like they are selling beds not to the government, but to one of the private companies running the camps. I still feel like I would have a problem with them supplying beds to the government because I am vehemently opposed to the situation at the border, but that would be different than them making a profit selling stuff to a for-profit prison corporation.

eta: Nope, I'm wrong. They are selling beds to BCFS, a "non-profit government contractor managing camps for migrants."

[pugz]

Jun 25, 2019 16:05:05 GMT -5 BeagleMama said:

Jun 25, 2019 15:44:56 GMT -5 pugz said:

I tagged them on twitter. They posted about the border situation last summer if I recall. They very rarely post about anything political

I did see they replied to an Instagram comment: 

http://instagr.am/p/BzCBBT4lw5a

 

Thanks to everyone who has made us aware of this. We just deleted all of our stories promoting this week’s sale. We also communicated through our contact (our manufacturer) that we don’t feel right sending business their way until they hopefully rectify this. Thankfully our furniture is also available on Amazon and Overstock, which gives everyone some alternatives - but we are hoping Wayfair will somehow make it right ❤️

wow that is great! I'm honestly a little surprised they responded to it.  More than many IG influencers would do!

[Michelle]

Jun 25, 2019 16:06:43 GMT -5 isabel said:

Jun 25, 2019 15:50:16 GMT -5 VillainV said:

I’m grossed out by the CEOs response....but apparently the government isn’t accepting donations for these migrants.

U.S. Border Patrol Is Refusing Citizen Donations Even as It Holds Migrant Children Without Access to Soap and Toothpaste slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/border-patrol-refusing-donations-migrant-children-soap-and-toothpaste.html

At least they could sell them to the government at cost (or for a loss)??

I suppose this does beg the question... where are they supposed to buy these things? 

But to the point of the letter sent by Wayfair's employees, it sounds like they are selling beds not to the government, but to one of the private companies running the camps. I still feel like I would have a problem with them supplying beds to the government because I am vehemently opposed to the situation at the border, but that would be different than them making a profit selling stuff to a for-profit prison corporation.

eta: Nope, I'm wrong. They are selling beds to BCFS, a "non-profit government contractor managing camps for migrants."

Isabel i had the same questions, but thanks for going through it and giving me the answer. No more wayfair for me.

[pixy0stix]

WaPo picked up the story - www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/06/25/wayfair-is-supplying-beds-texas-detention-centers-children-its-employees-are-protesting/?utm_term=.b5b60b78df1e

[lauren170]

It’s not about the fact they sold the beds to the contractor, it’s about the fact they’re profiting 80k off them. The employees are asking the company to donate the money to orgs helping the children.

[isabel]

Jun 26, 2019 7:45:36 GMT -5 lauren170 said:

It’s not about the fact the sold the beds to the contractor, it’s about the fact they’re profiting 80k off them. The employees are asking the company to donate the money to orgs helping the children.

I didn’t see that the employees asked them to donate the profits. I agree that this would be much more palatable if they weren’t making a tidy profit on it. The response from the CEO is just gross.

[karinothing]

Jun 25, 2019 15:50:16 GMT -5 VillainV said:

I’m grossed out by the CEOs response....but apparently the government isn’t accepting donations for these migrants.

U.S. Border Patrol Is Refusing Citizen Donations Even as It Holds Migrant Children Without Access to Soap and Toothpaste slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/border-patrol-refusing-donations-migrant-children-soap-and-toothpaste.html

At least they could sell them to the government at cost (or for a loss)??

They are barred from accepting donations by federal law. www.gao.gov/products/A05601

[seeyalater52]

Jun 26, 2019 7:58:06 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Jun 25, 2019 15:50:16 GMT -5 VillainV said:

I’m grossed out by the CEOs response....but apparently the government isn’t accepting donations for these migrants.

U.S. Border Patrol Is Refusing Citizen Donations Even as It Holds Migrant Children Without Access to Soap and Toothpaste slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/border-patrol-refusing-donations-migrant-children-soap-and-toothpaste.html

At least they could sell them to the government at cost (or for a loss)??

They are barred from accepting donations by federal law.

Even if they weren’t, the issue really isn’t lack of resources, it’s allocation of resources. If they wanted to give detainee children access to toothbrushes and soap they absolutely could.

(Not directed at you, just a related thought.)

[lauren170]

From CNN "They are also asking the company to donate all profits made from the sale of the furniture to RAICES, a nonprofit that reunites families at the border. That amount totals $86,000, according to the unverified Twitter account that broadcast news about the walkout on Tuesday."

It's just annoying all the Trumpers on twitter are saying the liberal Wayfair employees want to deny the kids beds....NO that's not what they're saying.

Also, on a funny note, plenty of trumpers saying that if the 500 employees walk out, they'd like to take their well paying job. LOL I'd bet the people saying that don't know how to code, or do the other skilled jobs at Wayfair.

[karinothing]

Jun 26, 2019 8:00:08 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Jun 26, 2019 7:58:06 GMT -5 karinothing said:

They are barred from accepting donations by federal law.

Even if they weren’t, the issue really isn’t lack of resources, it’s allocation of resources. If they wanted to give detainee children access to toothbrushes and soap they absolutely could.

(Not directed at you, just a related thought.)

100% correct.

[pixy0stix]

Even if these workers aren't effective at pushing the company to do something, it certainly has given me hope. Average people going about their day actually organized to do something. Not just a handful of them, either. Over 500 of them banded together on something that no one would have even blinked an eye at.

[georgeglass]

Wayfair workers in Maine are joining the walkout

www.pressherald.com/2019/06/25/wayfair-workers-in-maine-to-join-walkout-over-sales-to-migrant-detention-centers/

[seeyalater52]

There’s also a HUGE rally in Boston for wayfair today. I am not in the city today but virtually everyone I know is going to be there.

[nomad100]

Why are they even contracting with Wayfair? Wayfair is a middleman. Contract with the manufacturer directly for better pricing and quantity guarantees.

Also, given how this shitstain of an administration works, I wouldn't be surprised if the CEO donated big bucks to the GOP/Drumpf and this is how he is being repaid for his donations.

[Deleted]

Jun 26, 2019 12:32:08 GMT -5 nomad100 said:

Why are they even contracting with Wayfair? Wayfair is a middleman. Contract with the manufacturer directly for better pricing and quantity guarantees.

Also, given how this shitstain of an administration works, I wouldn't be surprised if the CEO donated big bucks to the GOP/Drumpf and this is how he is being repaid for his donations.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[Deleted]

I haven't looked at this kind of data before, but it looks like he's given to a bunch of Democratic candidates but there's also almost $44k in the last year to the national Republican and state Republican parties.


www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Niraj+Shah