McDonald's workers file a class action lawsuit claiming that the fast-food chain allows a toxic work culture to thrive across its 14,000 U.S. restaurants:
have signed letters demanding that McDonald’s meet with workers to craft tougher policies aimed at stamping out harassment.of female fast-food workers in nonmanagerial positions found that 40% of them had experienced unwanted sexual behaviors on the job, and women of color were especially likely to be subjected to retribution for speaking up about unwanted sexual attention.
McDonald’s has taken some measures to tackle the problem. During the past year, it has introduced harassment training for its U.S. franchisees; released a more detailed policy regarding discrimination, harassment and retaliation; and launched a free help hotline for employees. In August, McDonald’s announced that it would expand its nationwide staff training program, starting in October.
“There is a deeply important conversation around safe and respectful workplaces in communities throughout the U.S. and around the world, and McDonald’s is demonstrating its continued commitment to this issue through the implementation of Safe and Respectful Workplace Training in 100% of our corporate-owned restaurants,” a company spokesperson toldDespite the company’s assurances, employees and critics maintain that McDonald’s anti-harassment efforts still fall short.
The concept of consequences for those who violate discrimination and harassment policies is “one of the most glaring flaws in the supposed remedies that McDonald’s has put forward because these new measures are mandatory only for corporate-owned stores,” says Gillian Thomas, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project. “For the 95% of the 14,000 McDonalds locations that are franchise stores, these highly touted reforms are merely ‘encouraged.
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