0150.json

{
    "date": "2019/06/26",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/business/wayfair-walkout.html",
        "https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/25/business/wayfair-walkout-detention-camps-trnd/index.html",
        "https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/wayfair-walkout-immigration-detention-centers"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "strike"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "ethics"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "white_collar_workers"
    ],
    "description": "Hundreds of workers at the online retailer Wayfair walked out of their jobs yesterday to protest the comapny's sale of $200,000 worth of bedroom furniture to a government contractor that operates a network of shelters for migrant children near the southwestern border. More than 500 employees signed a petition to the CEO calling for him to cease all business with the contractor and establish a code of ethics for their sales.",
    "locations": [
        [
            "boston",
            "massachusetts",
            "usa"
        ]
    ],
    "companies": [
        "wayfair"
    ],
    "workers": 500,
    "tags": [
        "ice"
    ],
    "author": "organizejs"
}