"He would physically grab me by the
waist."
"He
would ask me for pictures of myself."
"I'd tell him to stop and
he'd keep doing it."1
Those are just a few of the
stories McDonald's workers came forward with yesterday, along with an
explosive report showing that 40% of women in fast food are sexually harassed
at work. And
instead of getting help, the women who report harassment often get their hours
cut or are fired--especially if the employee is a Black woman or Latina.2
Media scrutiny is picking up steam since the report
came out. And
with McDonald's executives under intense pressure to turn around declining
sales, now is the perfect time to get their ear.3 Our friends at Fight for 15, the
organization created by fast food workers, have mobilized rapid response
protests outside of McDonald's stores today--if we act right now, we can help
build the momentum to force McDonald's to do the right thing.4
Tell McDonald's: Enforce a zero-tolerance sexual
harassment policy in your stores starting TODAY.
The accounts of sexual harassment from the women
are nauseating. One former employee quit her job after her shift manager
grabbed her breasts and offered her money for oral sex. Even worse is that
McDonald's shrugs off these complaints and allows managers to retaliate--one in five of the women who came forward
were denied a raise, had their hours cut, or were given a worse schedule.5
And McDonald's measly
wages--so small that the company has told employees to go on food stamps--make
sexual harassment even worse.6 The report found that nearly half of
the women who endure harassment say they endure the abuse because they can't
afford to lose their job.7
Women make up 65% of the
sexual harassment-riddled fast food industry.8 As the second largest employer in the
country, McDonald's can set an example across the industry.9 If
enough of us join the fast food workers who are protesting right now, we can
push McDonald's to fix its sexual harassment problem.
Article from --Nita, Shaunna,
Kat, Karin, Adam, Holly, Kathy, Onyi, Susan, Anathea, Audine, Shannon ,
Megan, Libby, Emma, PaKou, and Pilar, the UltraViolet team
Sources:
1. McDonald's Workers Detail Horrifying
Sexual Harassment, The Huffington Post, October 5, 2016
2. McDonald's accused of ignoring
rampant sexual harassment in its restaurants, ThinkProgress, October
5, 2016
3. McDonald's 2016 Revenues To Decline
YoY Despite Improvement; To Pick Up Pace Thereafter, NASDAQ, May 19,
2016
4. McDonald's Workers Across the U.S.
Plan Protests Against the Company's Sexual Harassment Problem,
Jezebel, October 5, 2016
5. McDonald's accused of ignoring rampant sexual harassment
in its restaurants, ThinkProgress, October 5, 2016
6. McDonald's helps workers get food stamps, CNN
Money, October 24, 2013
7. McDonald's accused of ignoring rampant sexual harassment
in its restaurants, ThinkProgress, October 5, 2016
8. Charts: Why Fast-Food Workers Are Going on Strike,
Mother Jones, December 4, 2016
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