Jamelia Fairley speaks at a rally in 2019. Fairley is one of two employees at a Sanford McDonald's who are at the heart of a $500 million dollar sexual harassment class-action lawsuit.
Posted on 04/15/2020 3:55:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Two McDonald's employees in Florida have filed a $500m class action lawsuit, accusing the fast food giant of fostering "systemic sexual harassment".
Jamelia Fairley and Ashley Reddick are named on behalf of some 5,000 women from over 100 US McDonald's outlets.
It is backed by Time's Up, a high-profile legal charity set up as part of the #MeToo movement.
McDonald's said it is "committed" to addressing all harassment claims. "McDonald's has always been committed to ensuring that our employees are able to work in an environment that is free from all forms of discrimination and harassment," the company said in a statement.
Ms Fairley and Ms Reddick join 5,000 other women who have worked at corporate-run McDonald's restaurants across Florida since April 2016 and experienced sexual harassment on the job.
The suit centres on a particular McDonald's restaurant near Orlando, Florida, and alleges "extensive illegal harassment that went ignored by management".
Ms Fairley, 24, claims she was harassed by two colleagues. One made sexually-explicit comments towards her, she alleges, saying she had a "fat ass" and that he would "take [her] on a ride". Ms Fairley says the comments escalated to unwanted touching. The colleague would pull her into his groin area and "[rub] his genitals on her", the suit claims.
Ms Fairley reported the behaviour, she says, and had her hours cut as a consequence of speaking up.
Ms Reddick, 28, a former McDonald's worker, also allegedly faced verbal and physical harassment from a male co-worker. The colleague would rub his groin area against her, she says, and touch her thighs. On one occasion she alleges he put his phone in front of her face and showed her a picture of his genitals.
Ms Reddick says she told her managers and was fired as a result.
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Jamelia Fairley speaks at a rally in 2019. Fairley is one of two employees at a Sanford McDonald's who are at the heart of a $500 million dollar sexual harassment class-action lawsuit.
LOL!!!
Al Sharpton
Pretty good bet that the guys loved Rap Music.
It just occurred to me...what guy could be *so* desperate as to want to rub his groin against any of those pigs?
A chubby chaser with a chubby?
I don’t know the answer to that question bro. I wouldn’t do it.
It seems to me, however, that these days, if it isn’t on video, it’s he said, she said. I am certainly not into illegal boorish behavior, but I wonder if Alyssa Milano thinks the guys deserve due process?
Beastiality?
The brothers are not at fault (sarc)and besides how much could they get out of a brother who works for McDonalds. There is some one behind all this
They also said one of their harassers sniffed their hair.
Democrats of one sort or another are behind it. They are trying to kill Americana one step at a time.
Reparations. ......
Proves McD’s definitely needs a vision plan. So the guys can’t see to well is why orders get screwed up all the time. I knew there was a reason for it.
Joe Biden works at McDonalds?
how much is that per hour?
Obviously I will be labeled a racist for saying this but it seems when a black get into management at a fast food restaurant soon the entire workforce becomes black.
And having seen some rap vids where black men go after big bottomed girls such as Nicky Minaj. I also saw the movie “What Men Think” the female version of the Mel Gibson “What Woman Think”, the female lead that guys would say is so fine was of their body type.
No, but he goes in them from time to time.
Slo-Joe will sniff your hair...and your car seats.
Was Joe Biden in there that day?
McDonalds should prove this will never happen again—by replacing all humans with robots.
Problem solved!
I think the ‘victim crowd’ is going to find a lot LESS sympathy for their crap, given what’s going on the country these days.
They need to give it a rest for a few years, until we recover to something resembling what we used to be - back when we had the time and resources to indulge them.
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