- 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
- action: strike
- struggles: ethics
- 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: white_collar_workers, ice
- author: organizejs