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McDonald’s workers speak out against sexual harassment and low pay
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Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
IMAGINE getting groped and fondled on the job, twice in one month, by two different male coworkers — and your supervisors turn a deaf ear. So much so that you’re forced to take three weeks off work without pay to try to recover.
That’s what happened last year to Tanya Harrel, an African-American McDonald’s worker in New Orleans and one of 10 women of colour forced to file federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints against the fast-food giant in late May.
And two days later, McDonald’s workers took their cases — against sexual harassment, against low pay and against company labour law-breaking — to McDonald’s shareholders too.
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