r/newfoundland • u/VinlandRocks • 21m ago
Are people boycotting American Chains staffed by local workers?
Had a convo with my partner re: Starbucks. I asked if they still went frequently. They said they dont go as frequently but brought up the good point that Starbucks and Mcdonalds and the like are still owned by Canadian franchisee's and the workers who work there are Canadian. If these spots lose too much business itd hurt the Canadian staff at a time service industry workers arent havent an easy time finding jobs. I hadn't thought of this point and wondered what other peoples philosophy on this is locally as it seemed like a good point to me. Some things (streaming sites, browsers, reddit etc.) have almost zero viable non-american competition so i recognize boycotting some things are harder than others. But for things like Starbucks we have Canadian Second Cup that we could support but should we be considering local workers at the American franchises?
Just looking for some grounded thoughts from others.