Businesses brace for boycott (where NOT to go after Monday)

9news.com ^ | 4/28/2006 7:36 PM MST | Shawn Patrick

[RandallFlagg]

DENVER - Colorado's businesses and managers are preparing for a major boycott Monday as thousands of workers plan on attending a downtown rally and not showing up for work.

Colorado's businesses and managers are preparing for a major boycott Monday as thousands of workers plan on attending a downtown rally and not showing up for work.

[RandallFlagg]

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The owner of HandleBar & Grille in Denver, Mike Miller will close his restaurant Monday afternoon at 3pm.
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One more to the list

[RandallFlagg]

Ping!

[beaversmom]

Thanks for the pingaroo. These people are sellouts.

[rrrod]

Any mexican restuarant, too many are involved in the coyote biz and after all this I wouldn't trust what they may do to the food prior to serving it!

[spikeytx86]

I guess these business's will have to do the unthinkable and hire Americans to fill in. But I doubt it will be a sizable boycott. Most of the demonstrators will be the usual students or professional protesters.

[BJungNan]

If a large portion of your customers are Hispanic, would you close or stay open?

[Cindy]

OPINION: I feel the same way.

Any store, restaurant (or whatever) that is closing it doors and or operating on a reduced schedule because of the boycott; I won't be doing any business with them.

[RandallFlagg]

Personally, I'd stay open. And I'd have a promotion to increase business on that date.

[singfreedom]

On Monday, hubby and I will be buying new lawn furniture and making arrangements for a sun-room addition to our house. We will be doing our part to combat the boycott.

[Ike]

Too late, I suppose, but wouldn't it be great if there were lines of unemployed lining up to apply for jobs at these places on Mon.?

[NRA1995]

Answering their boycott with my own; Monday will be "Not One Damn Corona Day" and Cinco De Mayo will be "Not One Damn Margarita" Day.

[meyer]

I'm working a 12 hour day shift on Monday. But that won't stop me from doing a bit of shopping right after work.

[Kakaze]

No more McDonalds

Pam Fisher, marketing manager for McDonald's Indianapolis region, said in a statement Friday that the fast-food giant supports the right of employees to participate in Monday's activities. But to deal with a possible worker shortage, she warned that some restaurants might operate with limited crews, limited hours or drive-through service only. "Immigrants have contributed to the growth and prosperity of our nation, and they deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. Immigration reform is a complex issue," Fisher said in the statement. "It's an important issue for our employees, owner/operators and suppliers. And it's an important issue for our company.">"

[grania]

Too late, I suppose, but wouldn't it be great if there were lines of unemployed lining up to apply for jobs at these places on Mon.?

Not too late...spread it by email and word. I'm going SHOPPING, and if any business needs someone to do minimum wage labor, I'll apply. Then they can fire the invaders and invader-enablers.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Immigrants have contributed to the growth and prosperity of our nation

This is the most angering aspect of the problem. This woman is mixing LEGAL and ILLEGAL immigration together as if the two are the same.

That kind of deliberate confusion makes opponents of the illegal immigrants sound like racists.

This war has to be won on the side of a LEGAL process of immigration. If not, the United States of America simply will cease to exist as a nation.

No border control = no nation.

[stopem]

IF we the taxpaying, lawabiding, VOTERS tried to do what they are doing every 3 letter agency would be there to arrest, taser, or worse every single one of us,

And yet MILLIONS of miscreants are allowed to threaten our country, the President and all Americans and to take over every state spewing hate toward everything we believe in and stand for, spreading their diseases of socialism, communist marxist hate!!

This is a crisis for this country of EPIC proportions and not one Senator, Congress person or the President is doing anything to not only denounce this May 1 declaration of war on e very state but none of the 3 letter agencies will be there to arrest and deport!!

Americans are being insulted, our precious Troops who are out there fighting to uphold our sovereignty are being insulted, and yet they allow this lunacy surreal threat to shut down America and the very people who can denounce and stop it are allowing it!

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Tyson Foods should be on the list as they arranged for all white people to leave work early last tuesday after an announced meeting later that day.The meeting was for a vote to be closed on Monday,May 1st to assist illegal aliens in their protest.The real Americans were not told what this vote was about but said they were not required to be there.One supervisor has quit after learning the purpose.All this from Neil Cavuto.I will no longer purchase Tyson products,besides who knows where those stinking chickens come from?

[kittymyrib]

It would be prudent to make such a list. Do you want a third-worlder preparing your food?

[shezza]

Pam Fisher, marketing manager for McDonald's Indianapolis region, said in a statement Friday that the fast-food giant supports the right of employees to participate in Monday's activities.

McDonald's is also one of the biggest customers of Tyson Foods, who provides Chicken McNuggets to 90 of the top 100 fast-food restaurant chains. Tyson is one of the largest employers of illegals (and has been cited numerous times for health violations, as well). Blecccch!

We're definitely boycotting all Tyson products.

[EDINVA]

I had a friend in the 60's, 70's who owned a liquor store in downtown Washington DC. WHen the '68 riots broke out, he brought his rifle to the store and sat poised behind the counter all weekend while the stores around his were burned; his wasn't touched. However, that was then and this is now .. if the owner of the HandleBar were to do that it's HE who'd be arrested.