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Ben’s fires 3 after protest
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Company says employees weren’t let go for taking political action BY M A X Z A H N Ben’s Kosher Deli ďŹ red three employees at its Greenvale location who participated in the nationwide Day Without Immigrants protest last Thursday, but the company said on Monday the terminations were not a direct result of the political action taken by its workers. In all, 21 of the 43 employees at the Greenvale restaurant and deli chose not to work on account of the protest, said Vanessa Bishop, an account executive with the public relations ďŹ rm Public Relations and Marketing Group. “No employees were ďŹ red because of the protest,â€? she said. The Day Without Immigrants protest was a daylong strike last Thursday in which immigrants across the country demonstrated against the policies of President Donald Trump. In a statement released on Facebook on Monday, the company said terminated workers were let go because they threatened
co-workers who were unwilling to join the protest. “While some employees opted to participate in the walkout, several others chose to work and, as a result, the leaders of the protest put pressure on the others to walk out, even threatening physical harm to colleagues choosing to work their shifts,â€? the company’s statement said. “As it is Ben’s mission to provide a safe and welcoming work environment for all employees, company owner Ronnie Dragoon found this to be a cause for immediate dismissal of the employees who made the threats.â€? Bishop said on Tuesday that only one of three terminated employees was ďŹ red due to such threats, which she said were “physical threats.â€? The two other ďŹ red workers were “seasonal employees who Ben’s anticipated would return to their jobsâ€? elsewhere, Bishop said. She did not know whether the two seasonal workers would have Continued on Page 55
PHOTO BY GREGORY GIACONELLI
Roslyn senior guard Austin Reimer. See story on page 67.
B&N landlord continues plans for alternative tenants BY M A X Z A H N C & B Realty, which owns the Northern Boulevard property occupied by Barnes & Noble in Manhasset, has taken a step forward in its eort to
make the location amenable to alternative tenants in the event the bookstore departs when its lease runs out at the end of the year. The realtor gained permission from the North Hills Board
of Trustees last Wednesday to add 20 spaces to the property’s parking lot. “We’ll be granting them the right for additional parking spaces but it requires a retainContinued on Page 55
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