Administrative Law Judge Finds Chipotle’s Social Media Policy Violates Labor Act

Mealey's (March 16, 2016, 1:53 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — An administrative law judge (ALJ) on March 14 ruled that Chipotle Services LLC’s (doing business as Chipotle Mexican Grill) social media code violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and that the fast food chain committed further violations by directing an employee to delete certain tweets, prohibiting the employee from circulating a petition challenging the chain’s break policy and terminating the employee for his actions (Chipotle Services LLC d/b/a Chipotle Mexican Grill and Pennsylvania Workers Organizing Committee, a Project of the Fast Food Workers Committee, Nos. 04-CA-147314 and 04-CA-149551, NLRB Judges Div.)....