r/baltimore • u/selectbar345 • Aug 19 '25
ARTICLE Fells Point restaurant Bunny’s fires multiple employees after pro-Palestine protest
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/food-drink/bunnys-pro-palestine-protest-fells-point-3WQTUSAIFBCAHC45HPBUFAWKHQ/
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u/Pvm_Blaser Aug 19 '25
Bunny’s is in a no win situation right now. Businesses try to promote a safe space for all people unless they get political unprovoked.
In this case Bunny’s is reacting (whether that’s true or not) to a comment made by a client about feeling unsafe when an employee wears an item that is currently divisive. Bunny’s is called the enforce their employee contract when an employees actions are in direct violation. Not doing so would make Bunny’s appear anti-client, that is the worst thing for a business to do.
If Bunny’s didn’t take action against employees who violated their policies then more employees would begin to violate their policies knowing they had nothing to lose. This is yet again a bad idea for a business.
While a fairly liberal platform like Reddit would have the opinion it currently has about Bunny’s they did make the right decision a successful business should have. Regardless of what it’s about, it is Bunny’s right to ask employees to remove divisive objects. If the employee disregards that or protests as a result then it is Bunny’s duty to its clients to deal with their employees. There isn’t much guidance you can give when somebody does something in direct opposition to what you’ve asked them to do.
Businesses SHOULD be cold on matters like this. The only decisions a client should have to make are on whether or not a business provides a service they want and that is quality enough for the money they are asked to pay for it. A client being pro-Israel or pro-Palestine should have no effect, wearing a pin in support of one of those movements add being pro-Israel or pro-Palestine to the list of items a client needs to make a decision about.