A 2016 survey reports that 40 percent of female fast-food workers experience unwanted sexual behavior on the job. This brave group of McDonald's employees refuses to be just another statistic. Here's how:
In a brave stand against workplace sexual misconduct, a group of McDonald’s workers filed 25 sexual harassment charges and lawsuits against the fast food giant at the end of May—adding up to more than 50 suits and complaints that workers have filed alongside Fight for $15, an international organization of low-wage workers, in the last three years.
“I was subjected to a humiliating and intimidating environment at McDonald’s, and managers did nothing to stop it,” Florida worker Jamelia Fairley said in a press release.“To make matters worse, after I reported the sexually-explicit language and inappropriate touching I regularly faced, my hours got cut, making it nearly impossible for me to support my daughter.”
“The majority of our clients allege harassment occurring precisely when the company claims it was making these reforms, and we can find no one who has heard of a new policy or training initiative,” Gillian Thomas, senior staff attorney for the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, said in a press release.
“The #MeToo movement has always been rooted in the communities most impacted by gender-based violence, which is the communities of women of color and low-wage workers,” Karla Altmayer, a Chicago activist and organizer toldat the strikes in September. “We’re really glad that the #MeToo movement has had a high-profile as a result of the folks in Hollywood, but we were always doing this work beforehand and we continue to do this work now.
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