[acomjean]

I think since HN has lot of talk is about startups and building a buisines its relevant. I live in this state and its been astonishing how these employees basically went on strike to support the CEO.

How many coders would do that for their CEO?

At its core its a story of 2 cousins control of a company and showing that doing the right thing by employees pays off in the long run. Arthur T who the company tried to get rid of by all accounts did right the employees, when he got let go employees feared new management would end up treating them badly and rebelled.

Tons of free publicity for the chain, which is a smaller one in the Northeast.