Building Bridges: McDonald's Abuse Of Student Guest Workers Stirs Protest

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Building Bridges, National Edition
with Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash
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McDonald’s Abuse Of Student Guest Workers Stirs Protest

Latin American and Asian student guest workers participating in the State
Department’s J-1 program, expected decent work and a meaningful cultural
experience in the USA. Instead, they were sent to work at McDonald’s,
who paid them below the minimum wage and when they complained of the
exploitation were subjected to retaliation. So, they went on strike against
the Pennsylvania stores where they worked and then came in protest to
NY’s Times Square McDonald’s with supporters from National Guest
Worker Alliance, UnitedNY and the Retail Action Project. There they
further announced their plans to take their protest directly to McDonald’s
headquarters and the home of CEO Don Thompson if McDonald’s
doesn’t take responsibility for ending labor abuses for all its workers.
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