Chipotle Closes Store Where Workers Voted to Unionize, Drawing Union Ire, Claims of ‘Playing Dirty’

The logo of Chipotle is seen on one of their restaurants in Manhattan, New York, on Feb. 7, 2022. Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle has been accused of thwarting efforts by employees to unionize after the company abruptly and permanently shuttered a store in Augusta, Maine, on Tuesday.

In June, the store became the first Chipotle in America to file a petition to unionize.