Atlanta Ikea celebrates Juneteenth with Fried Chicken and Watermelon. Worker psuedo-strike
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lfromnj
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« on: June 22, 2021, 03:50:38 PM »
« edited: June 22, 2021, 05:50:10 PM by lfromnj »
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/juneteenth-menu-atlanta-ikea-angers-black-employees/
Can't make this up

Also striking for a woke reason
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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2021, 04:52:14 PM »
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"You cannot say serving watermelon on Juneteenth is a soul food menu when you don't even know the history -- they used to feed slaves watermelon during the slavery time," one employee said.

This comment itself misunderstands the history.  Slaves chose to grow watermelons in the small gardens they kept for themselves.  The bad association comes from whites mocking blacks for seeming to like it so much.
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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2021, 05:31:04 PM »
This is something I would do, lol. (which is why I don't run a retail store)
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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2021, 05:31:54 PM »
This is not a valid reason to strike.
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« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2021, 07:22:15 PM »
To quote The Simpsons: "You don't strike. You just go in...and do it really half-a*&ed."

Still quite tasteless though.
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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2021, 12:28:11 PM »
It’d be like having a celebration of Hanukkah that involves gold and figures with hooked noses.
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