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Antnee83 t1_jdvkgjo wrote

> As part of the agreement, workers who were on payroll when Chipotle closed its store at the Marketplace in Augusta will each receive between $5,800 and $21,000 depending on the number of hours they worked and their pay rate, among other factors. The company must also offer “preferential rehiring” to all Augusta employees at its other Maine locations for one year, according to the Maine AFL-CIO.

There really needs to be harsher repercussions. Big box stores all but shout through a megaphone during their orientations that they will do the same thing if the get a whiff of unionization.

The punishment needs to be severe enough that it can't be filed away as an operating cost.

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3490goat t1_jdw9sm5 wrote

When the cost of paying a fine is cheaper than the alternative, then it’s just a cost of doing business.

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Antnee83 t1_jdwaix4 wrote

That's what I'm getting at. I mean you can pick the issue out of a hat- whatever the punishment is for a corporation, it's wildly out of balance for what a person would get.

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3490goat t1_jdwehxt wrote

Yeah, a lot of the laws were made many years ago and the fines have stayed constant. We have corporate fines in 1970’s dollars that conflict with 2020’s profits. And of course current profits win out

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HumpSlackWails t1_jdvmde9 wrote

Yeah, this will stop them!

But don't worry, they can RELOCATE on their less-than-living wages to take advantage of that preferential hiring!

If it doesn't hurt it won't deter. Should have been 100k on top of other damages, per person.

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