Chipotle agrees to pay settlement to workers who unionized in a store that would close

[lfromnj]

https://apnews.com/article/chipotle-union-store-closure-settlement-lawsuit-af89f99249bd805fd714751bae040181

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to pay $240,000 to former employees as part of a settlement stemming from a complaint that the company violated federal law by closing a restaurant where workers wanted to unionize.

Chipotle announced it was permanently closing its Augusta, Maine, location last year after workers filed a National Labor Relations Board petition for a union election. The NLRB later said the closure was illegal.

The Maine location was the first in the chain to file a union petition. The settlement, released by union officials on Monday, states that two dozen employees will receive payments from Chipotle and they will be placed on a preferential hiring list for other Maine locations.

[Badger]

Sure they were (checks notes) "going to close anyway". Honest!

[lfromnj]

Sure they were (checks notes) "going to close anyway". Honest!

Well a union might make the location unprofitable.

[Ferguson97]

Sure they were (checks notes) "going to close anyway". Honest!

Well a union might make the location unprofitable.

If a business cannot afford to support a unionized workforce, then that business does not deserve to exist.

[Badger]

Sure they were (checks notes) "going to close anyway". Honest!

Well a union might make the location unprofitable.

So might large executive bonuses and stock BuyBacks, but we never ever ever hear conservatives complain about that.

You know what unquestionably makes any business unprofitable? And underpaid working and middle class that can't purchase items to create job producing consumption

[Lief 🗽]

Will they agree to make their food not awful again too? Chipotle used to be among the best of the fast casual lunch chains; now it is near the bottom!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Sure they were (checks notes) "going to close anyway". Honest!

Well a union might make the location unprofitable.

Certainly, this is a plausible argument in some cases. But I would wager that in mot instances, Leif's comment is right on the money.

[Nyvin]

Sure they were (checks notes) "going to close anyway". Honest!

Well a union might make the location unprofitable.

If a business is dependent on paying sub-livable wages, they should be closed down.