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Isn't this called capitalism? If you can't afford to pay your employees, you go out of business. That's the deal.
Or were these people supposed to take less and work in crappy circumstances so the owner could keep his prices down? Nobody else is expected to do that.
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A trained monkey can serve sandwiches at a deli. Why should those employees have been paid a cent more than minimum wage + tips? I'm sure there were plenty of people in Montreal (e.g. university students looking for part-time work) who would have been thrilled to work at Ben's for that salary.
Instead, the unionized workers demanded a salary far in excess of what the position is worth, and the business shut down as a consequence.