Ocasio-Cortez Backs Wayfair Workers’ Ire Over Border-Camp Sales
- Employees say they plan walkout over business with contractors
- Some Twitter users report canceling orders at online retailer
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Employees at Wayfair Inc. are planning to walk out in protest of the online furniture retailer’s alleged business with contractors that are furnishing border camps for asylum seekers, according to an unverified Twitter thread.
Workers at the company’s Boston headquarters will walk off the job at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and meet at the city’s Copley Square to protest, according to a Twitter user called @wayfairwalkout, whose first Tweet was written Tuesday. The post says 547 employees signed a letter to the company’s management urging it to cease business with contractors involved in the detention camps and establish a code of ethics for Wayfair’s business-to-business sales.