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In reply to the discussion: I'm wondering who'll go my bail, but customers are clapping and chanting too [View all]
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)25. Here's one of the issues they're working to address:
Former McDonald's managers admit withholding worker wages
2:45 PM Thursday Apr 3, 2014
Two former McDonald's store managers, assisting with a campaign to raise pay for fast-food workers, said they helped withhold employees' wages at the restaurant chain after facing pressure to keep labour costs down.
The ex-managers, who came forward as part of an effort backed by worker advocacy group Fast Food Forward, said they engaged in tactics such as asking employees to continue working after they clocked out or adding unpaid breaks to time sheets. They took the steps to avoid exceeding a store's strict goals for wage expenses, said Lakia Williams, a former assistant manager at a McDonald's in Charleston, South Carolina ...
Williams said she would ask employees to work for an hour or two after they clocked out. She needed them to help clean up after a busy day and would usually give them $20 of her own money to compensate, Williams said. Kwanza Brooks, a manager who worked at McDonald's stores in North Carolina and Maryland, said she amended time sheets to keep labour costs down ...
2:45 PM Thursday Apr 3, 2014
Two former McDonald's store managers, assisting with a campaign to raise pay for fast-food workers, said they helped withhold employees' wages at the restaurant chain after facing pressure to keep labour costs down.
The ex-managers, who came forward as part of an effort backed by worker advocacy group Fast Food Forward, said they engaged in tactics such as asking employees to continue working after they clocked out or adding unpaid breaks to time sheets. They took the steps to avoid exceeding a store's strict goals for wage expenses, said Lakia Williams, a former assistant manager at a McDonald's in Charleston, South Carolina ...
Williams said she would ask employees to work for an hour or two after they clocked out. She needed them to help clean up after a busy day and would usually give them $20 of her own money to compensate, Williams said. Kwanza Brooks, a manager who worked at McDonald's stores in North Carolina and Maryland, said she amended time sheets to keep labour costs down ...
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I'm wondering who'll go my bail, but customers are clapping and chanting too [View all]
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
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If I'm ever locked up, I guess others will need to step in and take up some of the slack
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#29
I think that advice is good. But in this town, I expect many officers are already sympathetic
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#10
A lot of life's action is hidden in small details. Check out some of the videos I posted upthread:
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#15
McDonald's Workers Sue for Alleged Wage and Hour Violations by Franchisees
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#36
We Are the 89%: San Diego Fast-Food Employees and Religious Leaders Take Action Against Wage Theft
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
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