{"id":19334,"date":"2019-05-21T17:57:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T01:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/mcdonalds-facing-new-charges-of-sexual-harassment\/"},"modified":"2019-05-21T17:57:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T01:57:29","slug":"mcdonalds-facing-new-charges-of-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/mcdonalds-facing-new-charges-of-sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald’s Facing New Charges Of Sexual Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n McDonald’s workers marching in Los Angeles in September 2018 as part of a multi-state strike seeking to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.<\/p>\n

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For the third time in three years, McDonald’s Corp. is facing allegations of rampant sexual harassment of female employees by male coworkers and managers.<\/p>\n

Twenty-three new complaints against McDonald’s \u2014 20 of which were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission \u2014 were announced Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union, the labor group Fight for $15, and the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. Three of the complaints were filed as civil rights lawsuits, and two suits stemmed from previous allegations.<\/p>\n

The complaints of gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment of low-wage workers include inappropriate touching, indecent exposure, lewd comments and requests for sex, as well as retaliation for reporting such conduct. The incidents are alleged to have occurred at corporate and franchise stores in 20 cities.<\/p>\n

“It’s a brutal reality across the fast food industry that at least one in four workers \u2014 especially women of color working low-wage jobs \u2014 experience sexual harassment as a routine part of their job,” said Sharyn Tejani, director of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, in a statement<\/a>. “Every day, workers are forced to choose between getting a paycheck or speaking up about their abuse. When they report harassment, workers are often fired or have their shifts cut \u2014 and since nothing is done to stop it, the scourge continues.”<\/p>\n