Wayfair walkout: How furniture retailer can avoid 'slippery slope' of political pressure

Wayfair executives Opens a New Window. should resist the urge to rush for a solution to an escalating dispute with company employees who staged a walkout Wednesday to protest business dealings with U.S. government Opens a New Window. contractors operating immigration facilities, according to a crisis communications expert. The walkout Opens a New Window. began at 1:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, days after employees learned that Wayfair planned to sell $200,000 worth of furniture to BCFS, a nonprofit contractor that operates immigration detention facilities at the southern U.S. border. Wayfair executives praised the more than 500 employees who called for the company to sever business ties with immigration contractors, but denied their request.-- More...