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Market Basket Seeks Restraining Order Against Fired Executives at Lowell Hearing

The dispute moves to a September 3 mediation following board claims that fired deputies trespassed then intimidated employees.

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Market Basket has 90 stores throughout the New England area.

Overview

  • Market Basket filed a complaint in Lowell Superior Court on Thursday morning seeking a restraining order to bar former executives Joseph Schmidt and Tom Gordon from company property and staff contact.
  • The board alleges Schmidt secretly kept a master key to trespass at the Tewksbury headquarters and a Somerville store before touring more than 20 locations to pressure employees.
  • Schmidt and Gordon, dismissed on July 22 for alleged insubordination and improper communications, deny any intent to provoke a work slowdown or customer boycott.
  • CEO Arthur T. Demoulas remains on paid leave after being suspended in May over claims of planning an improper work disruption and has called the investigation a takeover attempt.
  • Both sides agreed to meet a mediator on September 3 in hopes of settling the governance clash that has unsettled operations and recalled the chain’s 2014 family feud.