Chipotle fires hundreds, draws protest

[The Northerner]

Chain dismissed workers at its 50 Minnesota restaurants after an immigration audit.

Chipotle Mexican Grill said on Thursday that it had fired a substantial number of the 1,200 employees at its 50 Minnesota restaurants after a federal immigration audit found some were illegal workers.

The circumstances of the firings, which began in early December, sparked a protest by several dozen people around noon on Thursday at a downtown Minneapolis Chipotle restaurant. Minneapolis police arrested eight participants after they chained themselves together inside the restaurant. They were cited for trespassing.

Denver-based Chipotle would not disclose how many Minnesota workers were fired. Protesters said the number was 700. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, which conducted the Chipotle worker audit, declined to comment. However, a source said the number of Minnesota employees fired was closer to 350. Chipotle has apparently replaced the terminated employees. Its Minnesota employment was 1,200 both before and after the firings, said spokesman Chris Arnold.

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[PBS Poll-435]

1. Chipotlaway!

It is nasty fast food anyway.

[Tunkamerica]

5. I like it. I eat there once every week or two.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. Who gives a shit? Their food sucks anyway.

The faster these places go out of business, the happier I will be. Will people lose their jobs? Yes. Do I give a shit? No. If your job depends on making shit that is bad flor us, you need to find an occupation that actually benefits humanity. Working for Reytheone or Electric Boat or Monsanto does not qualify. Learn to manke solar panels or something!

[Missy Vixen]

3. How exactly is Chipotle's food "bad for us"?

Would you care to explain? Chipotle uses organic meat, locally-sourced vegetables and whole foods to make the items on their menu.

I don't approve of the firings in Minnesota, but I'd sure as hell rather eat at Chipotle than McDonald's.

>Will people lose their jobs? Yes. Do I give a shit? No.<

Might I ask what you do?

[Tunkamerica]

4. actually it's pretty good and they are at least trying to be responsible

in terms of the sourcing of their food.

[tkmorris]

8. Jesus dude. Go make some tea or something

You are completely wrong, and carrying WAY too much anger around to boot.

[Mojambo]

6. Just ate there today

It was pretty good.

[delightfulstar]

7. I know someone who once worked there...

They don't pay their people all that well, regardless of who they are - no more than the other chain places typically pay. And apparently, some of the stores aren't completely fresh and organic, which really ticked me off, because they tend to harp on that quite a bit. Their food isn't bad, for fast food, but I'm not a big fan of that sort of thing anyhow.

I prefer the local places, one of which is almost exclusively organic, and sources their product from within Arizona. (FYI - If you're ever in or near PHX, you have to go to Joe's Farm Grill - very good food.)

[PBS Poll-435]

10. What escapes most people, is that its rapid expansion was in an investment

from McDonalds.

[MilesColtrane]

9. Screw that.

I WANT the people making my Mexican food to be from the mother country.