Chipotle Shut Down Maine Restaurant to Defeat Union, Labor Board Alleges
- Agency wants chain to reopen store, bargain with workers
- Company plans to ‘vigorously’ defend actions, official says
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. illegally shut down a Maine restaurant because workers there tried to unionize, according to US labor officials who are seeking to force the company to reopen the location and collectively bargain with the workers.
A complaint, filed Thursday by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of the agency’s general counsel, also seeks to make the company reinstate and compensate employees who lost their jobs when the store was shuttered, agency spokesperson Kayla Blado said in an email.