The twenty employees fired from Snarf's Sandwiches will be given an extra week's pay according to a post from CEO Jim Seidel on the company's Facebook page.
"I am very remorseful for the way we handled our recent restaurant closure at 600 West in Chicago," Jim Seidel, Snarf's Sandwiches CEO and owner said in the post. "It was insensitive and poorly planned," the post said. "By explanation, rather than excuse, business was suffering and we felt the need to act quickly to begin efforts to re-concept the store. We recognize now we acted rashly. For this, we apologize to our employees and to our loyal customers who we know we've disappointed. This was not handled in a way that met our own standards for quality and kindness. We've learned from this mistake and will not be so insensitive again. For now, as a token of our apology and in the holiday spirit, we will be providing impacted employees an additional week of wages. Again, we are deeply sorry."
Twenty employees of Snarf's Sandwiches were let go from their positions at the food establishment Sunday via an e-mail at 5 p.m. the Chicago Grid reported.
The company states, the choice did not have anything to do with the the employees participation in the protests, but rather because the owners want to renovate in order to maintain strides with their competitors.
Employees walked off the job in 100 cities throughout the United States.
The Dec. 5 protests were the second demonstrations since fast food workers last stood up for higher wages in August. Participants fought for higher wages of up to $15 an hour rather than their current hourly rate of $7.25 an hour or $15,000 a year. This comes after the Service
The Employees International Union continued efforts to raise awareness about low wages, and fight for more. Over two million members work in the health care, and janitorial fields participated among others.
The average pay for fast food workers across the United States is a little more than $9 an hour which amounts to $18,500 a year CNN Money reported. The number is less than the Census Bureau's poverty income threshold level of $23,000 for a family with four people.
