After weeks of protests and boycotts, patrons of Burgerville locations in Portland, Oregon, are now free to enjoy their burgers and fries without a side order of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) propaganda thanks to a revised button policy. Yes, a button policy.<\/p>\n
The Burgerville brouhaha began in August when workers at one of two unionized locations started wearing buttons emblazoned with the political propagandist message of \u201cAbolish ICE\u201d and \u201cNo One is Illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n
This ran afoul of a company policy instituted in late August by Holland Inc., the chain\u2019s parent company, prohibiting \u201cpolitical\u201d buttons, but allowing those promoting better wages and working conditions. When workers at one of two unionized locations<\/a> refused to remove them they were fired.<\/p>\n After the company backed down by re-hiring \u2013 including back pay \u2013 for the 10 agitators, the Burgerville Workers Union (BWU) posted their delight in forcing the company to revoke the \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d policy. The post also promised: \u201cCorporate is not off the hook.\u201d<\/p>\n The leftists\u2019 actions were not so popular among others on social media, however.<\/p>\n Among those responding on Twitter<\/a> was radio host Ken Webster Jr. who suggested a new welcome statement: “Welcome to Antifa burger, would you like oppression with that?”<\/p>\n \u201cKiosks here we come. They\u2019re cheaper and they can\u2019t display political messages against policy. Enjoy your job while it exists, silly Burgerville unionites,\u201d tweeted<\/a> another (former) customer.<\/p>\n \u201cGuests provided feedback that they didn’t want to see personal and political\u00a0messages while they ate,\u201d and \u201csome employees expressed that the content of the buttons was drawing unwanted attention that made them uncomfortable,\u201d said<\/a> Liz Graham, director of human resources.<\/p>\n \u201cWe see the workplace as a central realm for combating white supremacy and anti-immigrant sentiment,\u201d said Emmet Schlenz, a spokesman for the Burgerville Workers Union, told the Oregonian.<\/p>\n Thankfully, the company sees it differently, releasing a statement to Fox News<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday saying their longstanding verbal policy barring the wearing of personal buttons would be put in writing.\u00a0 To no one\u2019s surprise BWU criticized<\/a>\u00a0the decision as \u201cracist\u201d and urged their fellow leftists to tell Burgerville \u201cthat undocumented immigrants are welcome here, and tell them to work with the union on a button policy!\u201d<\/p>\n It may be a small victory, but an important one heading into November with the fate of Oregon\u2019s sanctuary status on the ballot. After living in a sanctuary state for the last 31 years, Oregon residents have the opportunity to vote in support of Measure 105, which would repeal the law and allow public funds to be used to enforce the nation\u2019s immigration laws.