NEW INVESTIGATION:
1/ @McDonalds USA has claimed it’s an industry leader when it comes to COVID-19 precautions.
In our latest investigation, we reported on complaints filed by workers who portrayed some of the chain's outlets as COVID-19 incubators. revealnews.org/article/mcdona…
1/ @McDonalds USA has claimed it’s an industry leader when it comes to COVID-19 precautions.
In our latest investigation, we reported on complaints filed by workers who portrayed some of the chain's outlets as COVID-19 incubators. revealnews.org/article/mcdona…
2/ In the early weeks of the pandemic, workers at a McDonald's in Oakland claimed social distancing wasn’t enforced.
As they boxed Big Macs, scooped french fries and bagged orders, they often stood shoulder to shoulder.
As they boxed Big Macs, scooped french fries and bagged orders, they often stood shoulder to shoulder.
3/ The Oakland McDonald's was so busy that workers said they had no time to wash their hands, let alone disinfect the countertops.
And when there weren't enough masks, managers offered up a box of dog diapers someone had left at the store.
And when there weren't enough masks, managers offered up a box of dog diapers someone had left at the store.
4/ When the coronavirus surged through the store in May, employees – even those with symptoms – said they were pressured to keep working, according to formal complaints filed with the local health department and the state Division of @OSHA_DOL.
5/ Ultimately, at least 20 people associated with the Oakland outlet tested positive for the coronavirus or experienced symptoms.
But that wasn't the only location facing a coronavirus outbreak.
But that wasn't the only location facing a coronavirus outbreak.
6/ McDonald's employees around the nation filed complaints saying they were pressured to work in close quarters alongside ill co-workers or come to work when they were ill themselves.
Even when cases of COVID-19 appeared among staff, outlets remained open for business.
Even when cases of COVID-19 appeared among staff, outlets remained open for business.
7/ This is only a tiny percentage of U.S. McDonald’s outlets. But the number of COVID-19 cases is likely far higher than available information shows.
Only 3 state health depts. – Colorado, New Mexico & Oregon – publish data identifying businesses where workers have been infected.
Only 3 state health depts. – Colorado, New Mexico & Oregon – publish data identifying businesses where workers have been infected.
8/ In April, 32 people fell ill as the coronavirus broke out in three outlets with the same owner in Hawaii.
9/ In May, workers backed by @SEIU sued McDonald’s in Chicago, claiming the risk of COVID-19 was so great that four outlets in the city should be declared public nuisances.
At one store, an employee said that a maskless colleague sneezed onto food and into his ungloved hands.
At one store, an employee said that a maskless colleague sneezed onto food and into his ungloved hands.
10/In Los Angeles, an outbreak that began in June at a McDonald’s on Marengo Street in Boyle Heights flared across five stores owned by the same company, according to workers’ complaints.
11/ What is being done to address the hundreds of complaints that allege safety breakdowns at McDonald's locations across the nation?
We break it down: revealnews.org/article/mcdona…
We break it down: revealnews.org/article/mcdona…
NEW: A bill introduced in the California state legislature claims the fast food industry has “routinely flouted” measures to protect the state’s 500,000 fast food workers from COVID-19. revealnews.org/article/chargi…
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