However, both Starbucks and Chipotle have become attractive targets for organizing because both chains are largely company owned across the U.S. Unions have struggled to take hold in the restaurant industry historically in part because workers tend to be transitory. The effort at Chipotle follows a wave of union organization within the Starbucks chain, which now includes more than 170 locations that have organized to date, with another 150 or so more hoping to organize, according to Wall Street analyst Mark Kalinowsky of Kalinowsky Equity Research in a July 10 report. “We encourage our employees to contact us immediately including through an anonymous 800 number, with any concerns, so we can investigate and respond quickly to make things right.” “We respect our employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act and are committed to ensuring a fair, just and humane work environment that provides opportunities for all,” she said.
Laurie Schalow, Chipotle’s chief corporate affairs officer, said in a statement that the company received notice of the petition from its staff in Lansing last week. Related: The first Chipotle store just filed for union recognition
In New York City, the Service Employees International Union is also pushing to organize Chipotle workers there. Workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill location in Delta Township, Mich., near Lansing, filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize last week.įirst reported by Lansing City Pulse, the petition by a local Teamster’s chapter follows a similar move in June, when employees at a Chipotle restaurant in Augusta, Maine filed for a union election.
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