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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Joe Biden stuff ....
From the article;
The Time's Up Legal Defense Fund was founded in 2018 amid a wave of popular anger over workplace harassment following the exposure of abuse by powerful men.
The fund is backed by some of Hollywood's most powerful women, including Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon and Natalie Portman.
It connects low-wage workers experiencing sexual harassment to lawyers around the country and has received more than 4,915 requests for assistance since its founding. It has committed to funding 174 cases with the $24m raised so far in donations.
NOTE: "Filed ... class-action" only means that these two women are trying for a class-action status against McDonalds Inc. (McD). Most McDs are franchised and that starts the problem with this lawsuit.
IMHO? No class-action, franchise case and then it becomes a case of witnesses and records. Oh, and the $500 mil? In your dreams!
Congress settled hundreds of claims for $21,000,000.
“...what guy could be *so* desperate as to want to rub his groin against any of those pigs?”
Might not’ve been about sex. It could’ve been the fried food odor that turned the guys on...
And...I’m thinking the sniffer got a whiff of French fries.
They Should file suit in China. Seems a McDonalds there posted a sign that said, “No Blacks Allowed”
I give it 20 minutes of life.
Even Ray Charles wouldn’t buy that story.
LOL at what?
The picture that I didn’t really need to see!
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