by jake | Nov 17, 2020 | News
Maria Ruiz is the sole breadwinner for a household that includes her two daughters—one of whom is pregnant—along with two of her grandkids. But the 46-year-old was fired from a San Jose McDonald’s on Tuesday for lying about using an incorrect coffee pot—a charge Ruiz...
by jake | Nov 17, 2020 | News
As the pandemic has swept across the U.S., it has spurred a wave of protest walkouts and legal complaints by so-called essential workers who claim their companies have put them at needless risk. Some of that activism has been followed by alleged retaliatory...
by jake | Nov 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 2012, 200 fast food workers went on strike outside of a McDonald’s on 40th and Madison in Manhattan, demanding fair wages and a union. In the almost eight years since, much has changed—the flagship Times Square location shuttered in June of 2020, and what was once...
by jake | Nov 6, 2020 | News
November 5, 2020 I 11:29 AM Is McDonald’s doing enough to protect workers from COVID? Employees have filed lawsuits and formal complaints since the pandemic took hold. The company says crew and managers’ “safety and well-being are top...
by jake | Nov 2, 2020 | News
The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work. New York (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work. But many of those still working are fearful, distressed and stretched thin. A quarter of U.S. workers say they have...
