Hey John,
Did you see this? McDonald’s greed is forcing thousands of its workers to
make an impossible choice: go to work sick or forgo their paycheck.
That’s a choice none of us should be forced to make, especially now.
[ [link removed] ]Nearly 13,000 SumOfUs members have signed our petition demanding that
the fast-food giant offer proper paid sick leave to ALL its workers. Will
you join our fight?
Thanks for all you do,
Toni and the team at SumOfUs
P.S. below is the original email I sent you.
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McDonald’s is forcing its frontline workers to show up to work sick or
miss a paycheck.
Nobody should have to make this choice.
Tell McDonald’s to help slow the spread of Covid-19 by providing paid sick
leave to all its employees. [ [link removed] ]Take Action!
[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition
John,
McDonald’s greed is forcing thousands of its workers to make an impossible
choice: go to work sick or forgo your paycheck.
As an “essential employer” McDonald’s continues to profit through this
crisis but forces its workers to show up with virtually no access to paid
sick or family leave. John, McDonald's wants us to think that
it can’t afford to offer ALL of its employees adequate paid sick leave.
But the stats don’t lie.
The profit-hungry fast-food giant has an estimated enterprise value of 181
billion dollars. Offering paid sick leave to all its employees would be a
drop in the bucket.
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed just how dangerous this policy is.
For every person who can’t stay home from work, it risks spreading the
virus on to dozens of other workers and customers.
[ [link removed] ]Tell McDonald’s bosses to guarantee paid sick days for every worker
wearing a McDonald’s uniform -- franchise workers need sick pay now!
Right now, the fast-food giant is only offering paid sick leave to
employees at its corporate-owned restaurants who are ordered to
quarantine. That means the other 95% of frontline employees at franchised
stores have no safety net if they get sick.
Black and Latinx communities are already some of the hardest hit by
Covid-19. One of the main reasons for that is the number of Black and
Latinx workers in essential industries like fast food. McDonald’s is no
exception, so the fast-food giant could also help reduce racial injustice
by giving proper sick leave to its workers.
John, McDonald's will say it can’t force franchises, who employ
the vast majority of McDonald’s workers, to offer paid sick leave, but we
know that's not true. Corporate executives already dictate minute details
of its franchise operations, including what pickles to use!
So if we turn up the heat, we can force corporate executives to exert
their authority for good and offer proper sick leave to all McDonald's
frontline workers.
Together we have shown that when we come together to take on the biggest
corporate giants, they have no choice but to listen. When we placed
pressure on Uber at the beginning of this crisis, they quickly reacted by
offering 14 days paid leave to workers diagnosed with Covid-19.
This is the biggest public health crisis of our time, and McDonald’s needs
to act like it.
[ [link removed] ]Tell McDonald’s to offer proper paid sick leave to all its workers!
[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition
Thanks for all that you do,
Toni, Vicky and the team at SumOfUs
More information:
[ [link removed] ]What the Racial Data Show, The Atlantic, April 06, 2020
[ [link removed] ]‘I’m at risk’: What it’s like to work at McDonald’s during the COVID-19
crisis, FastCompany, April 03, 2020
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