Posted on 01/09/2013 3:57:44 PM PST by drewh
Backlash Against Wendy’s, Taco Bell for Cutting Hours and Blaming Obamacare By Elizabeth S. Mitchell on January 9, 2013 12:11 PM
Few things grab the public’s attention like a celebrity-backed boycott, protest, or backlash against a specific brand or company. Today, Wendy’s and Taco Bell find themselves on the wrong end of just this sort of upheaval.
Roughly 100 Wendy’s employees in the Omaha, Nebraska area will have their weekly schedules reduced to 28 hours a week so that they will no longer qualify for the health care benefits that “Obamacare” mandates for full-time employees. A Taco Bell in Guthrie, Oklahoma enacted a similar policy.
Even though these underhanded approaches seem unique to these specific franchises, the backlash against the Wendy’s and Taco Bell corporations has been swift.
Celebrities like Castle star Nathan Fillion and comedian Sarah Silverman voiced their outrage via Twitter, and many people pledged to avoid not just those specific locations, but all restaurants owned by the chains in question.
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You gotta love the “logic” that drives people to support increasing the cost of doing business, then trying to forbid the business to make up for the extra cost...and then are surprised and angry when said business no longer exists.
I still wonder how people get away with such insanity.
How’d that Chik-Fil-A boycott work out for them?
Great. Now I'll have to burn my Firefly DVDs.
So when every business follows suit, are we going to see all of Hollywood protesting everyone all the time?
Good. I wonder who will be paying them.
Hopefully the trend will continue at every fast food restaurant until the liberals have run out of food sources to feed on. You know they won’t be able to eat unless mama feeds them then...lol
In six months this will be history and the left will be on to their next silly outrage.
The “celebrities” can shove their sub-par IQs and their opinions up their smelly Obamas.
ISGAS
I Scarcely Give a Sh....er...SmellyOBama.
He’s certainly harshed **MY** calm. . .
Sarah Silverman is a certifiable nutcase. Kümmel has confirmed it...: )
No need to burn those DVDs. Just keep telling yourself: “that wasn’t Nathan Fillion — that was Captain Mal Reynolds”.
Did the celebrities offer to help pay for the lost income of the affected employees? I am sure each celebrity makes more income than the profits of an individual Taco Bell.
I never even heard of those “stars”.
I’m not a big fan of the food at the Mexican telephone company, but will make a point to grab a bite there more often now.
Heard Home Depot is only going to allow part timers to work a max of 25 hours a week.
Heard Home Depot is only going to allow part timers to work a max of 25 hours a week.
Never heard of those “stars” either but they obviously think they’re important. So, hours are cut because of Obamacare and there’s less take-home pay. So what do these “stars” do about it? Boycott the restaurants so business decreases and the hours are further cut. Typical Liberals.
I don’t call any of them celebrities and if I did that would be more of a reason to support those they are boycotting. Big freaking deal they are boycotting something they know nothing about! They must think pretty highly of themselves to think what they think about something matters. I sure don’t!
Oh riiiiight..... They got an exemption right after 0bamaTax passed.... Never mind.
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