"Mayor, I am asking you, I'm willing to sit down and explain my point of view on this, but please take a second look at this and reconsider what is going to happen to small businesses like me who just can't stay in business," said Bennett. As the battle continues on between the city and the small business, Bennett's hope is that the mayor will hear him out. The city issued at least four verbal warnings for him to shut down but has yet to issue a citation or fine.
So the fact is if this money doesn't come in, our employees are not going to have any money."ĭespite multiple attempts by the city to shut down the business during the COVID-19 outbreak, Bennett says he's staying open to support his staff and their customers' needs. "I haven't even gotten a call back from them yet even though I did it on Friday. "We've already seen with the delays in unemployment insurance, the delays in the payroll protection program," said Bennett. "We have a product that people need, they have to have it, it's nicotine and medicinal CBD."īennett and his employees have been consistently changing up the way they handle business transactions following the guidelines of the city and CDC, but when it comes to temporarily closing down the shop, it's a fight he's willing to take to court. "People are suffering, businesses are suffering, but I just don't think there's a reason to shut down all business when we can take reasonable accommodations during this crisis," said Bennett. The owner of Mega Vapes, Brad Bennett, said all he's trying to do is keep his small business afloat and his four employees fed during the outbreak. However, one San Antonio business owner has been evading those orders and vows to keep his vape supply store open.
On March 18, the city ordered those businesses to close at midnight. "Everybody's working way too much, and we don't have enough hands to give everyone the relief they need."īill Sieling, the executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Seafood Industries Association in Maryland, said that the seafood industry is particularly feeling the crunch.SAN ANTONIO - Most non-essential businesses in San Antonio have been shut down for nearly three weeks due to COVID-19. "I haven't been able to give them vacations," she said. Her full-time American employees in other departments have been working overtime to keep the business afloat. The roughly 30 local crab workers have only been able to process 25 percent of the company's normal volume of seafood, devastating her bottom line. She says she has exhausted efforts to recruit American workers after receiving none of the 104 visas she requested this year. tera-feira, 17 de agosto de 2021 He Stayed Afloat Selling 3 Tacos. Some of the business owners have lobbied Washington in-person and with letters, telling their representatives that they may have to close up shop if the program isn't fixed.Īubrey Vincent, 31, runs Lindy’s Seafood, a 40-year-old business in the Trump-voting crab town of Fishing Creek, Maryland. workers, the owners said.Also, fewer guest workers can add to the burden on full-time American employees. The seasonal jobs, which are usually for only a few months and often involve back-breaking labor, don't appeal to many U.S. This is not the first time the company has struggled. But the industry figures and business owners said in interviews that the current H-2B visa limits are hurting, rather than helping, the people Trump says he wants to protect. Nine months after the pandemic hit, Alta Gracia workers were furloughed without pay and the US-based company is struggling to stay afloat.
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