States that prematurely open will force workers to make an impossible choice; McDonald's is facing a $500 million sexual harassment class-action lawsuit; a Los Angeles producer is making theatre accessible during COVID-19.

*"Today at Ms."** | **April 30, 2020*

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*Employees, Pick Your Poison: Your Livelihood or Your Lives [ [link removed] ]*

BY MARTHA BURK | As states prematurely reopen, Republicans have made it clear: employees who refuse to show up to work due to fear of contracting COVID-19 cannot receive unemployment benefits-"even if showing up to work means putting your health and life at risk".

*McDonald's Faces $500M Lawsuit for "Systemic Sexual Harassment" [ [link removed] ]*





BY AUDREY ANDREWS | McDonald's is facing a $500 million sexual harassment class-action lawsuit. An estimated 5,000 women throughout 100 franchise-owned McDonald's restaurants allege they were subject to pervasive sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.

*The Ms. Q&A: Susan Loewenberg on Feminism in the Theater [ [link removed] ]*







BY FIONA PESTANA & ROXY SZAL | In the midst of a global pandemic, lifelong feminist & theater producer Susan Loewenberg of L.A. Theatre Works has found a way to make famous plays featuring household-names accessible, free of cost.

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