The problem?
Workers (in general) are paid low-to-near-nothing wages, have what would be considered by 'regular' workers inhuman working conditions, and labor for hours without anything better in front of them.
Take the events happening with Chipotle.
I was not aware of Chiplotle's ethical meat before this, and at first I was all, "Yay ethics!" But then I was like, "Oh... half-assed ethics.
In brief the article written by Christopher Weber explains and summarizes the food business's past positives with ethical meat processes, but wonders why the jump from pigs to human work ethics is so far apart.
"But those values get complicated fast when you’re talking about an
enormous mobile workforce, and it’s not clear that Ells gets that. Says
Ratner, “You can’t take the same top-down approach that you might use
for humane treatment of animals and just apply it to farmworkers. It
takes the recognition of those workers as equal partners every bit as
important as Chipotle’s customers.”
If you remember from before, social positives and ethical changes for the best for all are the bulk of the social leg of sustainable business. With that in mind, what are your thoughts on not only Chipotle, but the topic of worker's rights in general (unions, traditional workers, hired hands, immigrant ... any and all).
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