McDonald’s Employees to Urge Higher-ups to Crack Down on Sexual Harassment

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McDonald’s employees across 10 U.S. cities will be going on strike on Tuesday as a means of protesting sexual harassment in their workplaces, reports The Hill.

An Overview of the Upcoming Strikes

McDonald’s employees in Chicago, Kansas City, Miami, Orlando, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, San Francisco, St. Louis and Durham, North Carolina will participate.

In a press release excerpt that detailed the forthcoming strikes, McDonald’s employees expressed concerns about the company’s sexual harassment policies.

“McDonald’s has a responsibility to provide a safe place to work,” the employees said. “We’re going to keep speaking out until the company hears our calls for change.”

The protests come after a series of sexual harassment complaints in May 2018. The complaints were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, yet prompted no response from McDonald’s, according to disgruntled employees.

However, McDonald’s is pushing back. The company maintains that its policies against sexual harassment are, in fact, effective.