“If the employees think another walkout makes sense, then I’d support them. Basket ‘til the casket,” reader Jesse from Belmont said.
Market Basket’s chief executive Arthur T. Demoulas was placed on paid administrative leave by the company’s board of directors on Wednesday, who allege that he was planning to lead a work stoppage.
The Executive Committee of Market Basket’s Board of Directors said it was investigating the CEO’s conduct, alleging that Demoulas was planning a work stoppage, resisting orders to comply with the board’s “most basic corporate oversight” and provide them with “access to key employees,” as well as resisting a succession plan for the business, according to a statement.
The committee also wrote that it believes the work stoppage was planned as an act of retaliation due to simmering tensions between Demoulas and the board. Demoulas, his daughter, Madeline, and his son, Telemachus, were also placed on leave, as well as several others, Justine Griffin, a spokesperson for Demoulas, told The Boston Globe…