Market Basket Board Member’s Tweet Criticized
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Eric Gebaide, an independent member of Market Basket’s board of directors who is said to vote in tandem with Arthur S. Demoulas, is facing criticism from protesting employees for a tweet that some have taken as sexist, The Boston Globe reports.
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The full Globe report is here.
Read the tweet as you will, but that this has created a bit of a firestorm should serve as a reminder that tweeting during a major news event while at or near its core conflict is usually best done with care. Or not at all.
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