Results 1 to 8 of 8
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Threaded View
-
03-25-2011, 12:38 AM #1
Chipotle At Odds with Immigration Activists
Chipotle At Odds with Immigration Activists
Armando Trull
March 24, 2011
Immigration and worker activists are targeting area Chipotle stores after the restaurant chain abruptly fired 40 workers suspected of being undocumented.
The protesters believe the workers' rights were violated. A few dozen people chanted they weren’t done fighting with Chipotle, but if the protest was small, the issue is huge.
How should a company deal with employees it believes are undocumented?
The workers say Chipotle showed them the door with no notice or explanation. They claim they're owed vacation pay and two weeks severance.
Herlinda Mendoza spoke through an interpreter, quoting the company's slogan: "Where is that integrity of theirs?"
D.C. Council Member Michael Brown says Chipotle can fire workers, but there are standards.
"Once you have hired them then you have an obligation to pay them in full," Brown says.
William Buchanan has little sympathy for the fired workers saying they’re taking jobs from Americans.
"The unemployment rate among blacks in Ward 8 is 50 percent. Now where are these people going to get jobs if not in places like this?" he asks.
Chipotle says it has paid employees what they are owed and is willing to discuss any worker's claims.
http://oneoldvet.com/
http://wamu.orgSupport our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn
2 foreign nationals in ICE custody after alleged attempted...
05-18-2024, 07:35 AM in General Discussion