Anti-Sexual Harassment Activists Disrupted Dinner Service at The Purple Pig

— Protests have been occurring outside uber-popular Mag Mile restaurant The Purple Pig since an ex-busboy leveled sexual harassment complaints in late August. But on Wednesday evening the protests went inside the restaurant, where a group of 10 activists who initially appeared to be patrons disrupted dinner service by voicing a variety of demands to management about sexual harassment policies and other workplace issues before marching and chanting throughout the restaurant and being asked to leave. The protest was captured on video on the Centro de Trabajadores Unidos Facebook page. The Tribune first reported the protest and another statement from The Purple Pig, which in part said that management “kindly asked them to leave” and reiterated the restaurant’s zero-tolerance policy for harassment and discrimination. Check out the video of the incident below.

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