A walkout and protest by former employees of Café Gratitude has so far been unsuccessful.
As of Thursday, none of the former employees had regained their positions, and they were beginning to look for other jobs. “Unfortunately [there’s] no movement at all. People are pretty discouraged,” a former manager told Lookout. “I just updated my resume as well.”
On Nov. 6, a group of ex-employees posted to Instagram and Facebook calling for the public to boycott the downtown Santa Cruz restaurant over the unfair firings of five former managers. The group called for owner Matthew Manzo to demote a general manager, whom the group accused of improper scheduling practices, and for the workers who had been fired to be reinstated. Manzo refused.
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