DENVER (AP) — Denver-based Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has joined a human rights group’s Fair Food
Program.
The
program by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers aims to
improve wages and working conditions for Florida farmworkers who pick
tomatoes for restaurant chains.
Chipotle and the coalition said
Thursday that the company had joined the group’s Fair Food Program, days
before coalition supporters had planned to protest at Chipotle’s
Cultivate festival in Denver on Saturday.
Chipotle spokesman Chris
Arnold told The Denver Post (http://bit.ly/Ujvxgg) that though the
company hadn’t joined the Fair Food Program earlier, it has been in
compliance because for three years it has purchased from growers who
signed on to the program.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
DENVER (AP) — Denver-based Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has joined a human rights group’s Fair Food
Program.
The
program by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers aims to
improve wages and working conditions for Florida farmworkers who pick
tomatoes for restaurant chains.
Chipotle and the coalition said
Thursday that the company had joined the group’s Fair Food Program, days
before coalition supporters had planned to protest at Chipotle’s
Cultivate festival in Denver on Saturday.
Chipotle spokesman Chris
Arnold told The Denver Post (http://bit.ly/Ujvxgg) that though the
company hadn’t joined the Fair Food Program earlier, it has been in
compliance because for three years it has purchased from growers who
signed on to the program.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.