Wayfair CEO Refuses To Stop Furnishing Concentration Camps: Report

Wayfair CEO Refuses To Stop Furnishing Concentration Camps: Report

Wayfair, an e-commerce giant that sells home goods in the United States, is reportedly fulfilling an order for $US200,000 ($287,417) worth of bedroom furniture to a government contractor managing the border camps.

Boston Globe reported today that Wayfair employees are planning a walkout at the company’s Boston headquarters on Thursday as an act of protest after discovering the company’s complicity in aiding the U.S. government’s concentration camps.

A Wayfair employee told Boston Globe that employees found out about the order last Thursday, which was placed by BCFS, health and human service professionals that contract with the U.S. government.

An unverified Twitter account @wayfairwalkout began sharing updates on Wednesday morning regarding employee outrage over the news that their company was working with the camps at the U.S.-Mexico border, in which migrant kids are forced to live under grossly inhumane conditions.

Just last week, the U.S. Justice Department argued to the federal court that government agents shouldn’t have to provide toothbrushes, toothpaste, and soap to the children at the concentration camps, who are forced to sleep on concrete floor with a Mylar blanket as well as in cages outside on the dirt.

The @wayfairwalkout account noted that, as of Wednesday morning, 547 Wayfair employees had signed a letter sent to the company asking that it end its business with BCFS as well as donate the alleged $US86,000 ($123,589) profit from the order to immigration nonprofit RAICES.

Employees sent the letter to executives on Saturday, Boston Globe reported. The letter was addressed to CEO Niraj Shah, his co-founder Steve Conine, and the company board.

“We believe that the current actions of the United States and their contractors at the Southern border do not represent an ethical business partnership Wayfair should choose to be a part of,” the letter stated, Boston Globe reported.

“At Wayfair, we believe that ‘everyone should live in a home that they love.’ Let’s stay true to that message by taking a stand against the reprehensible practice of separating families, which denies them any home at all.”

But Wayfair’s executive leadership reportedly responded with no intention to end current or future business with the government contractors.

“As a retailer, it is standard practice to fulfil orders for all customers and we believe it is our business to sell to any customer who is acting within the laws of the countries within which we operate,” executives reportedly stated in a letter to employees.

“We believe all of our stakeholders, employees, customers, investors, and suppliers included are best served by our commitment to fulfil our orders.”

Wayfair didn’t immediately respond for comment and we will update this post when it does.

Employees plan to walk out tomorrow, according to the @wayfairwalkout account, and demand that the company end all business with the government contractors managing the migrant detention camps, as well as establish a code of ethics for business-to-business sales.


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