EPISODE · Jun 8, 2021 · 27 MIN
#641-The History Of McDonald's Labor Exploitation & more
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McDonald's workers have filed a lawsuit against their employer and taken strike actions over low pay and mistreatment during this pandemic. Lee Camp looks into the fast food behemoth's exploitative business practices. From low wages, to their wage theft schemes, to using prison labor to make employee uniforms, to the factory farming that grows their meat, and the consumerist junk they use to market their Happy Meals the entire business model of McDonald's reflects the exploitative nature of the capitalist system it thrives in.
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McDonald's workers have filed a lawsuit against their employer and taken strike actions over low pay and mistreatment during this pandemic. Lee Camp looks into the fast food behemoth's exploitative business practices. From low wages, to their wage theft schemes, to using prison labor to make employee uniforms, to the factory farming that grows their meat, and the consumerist junk they use to market their Happy Meals the entire business model of McDonald's reflects the exploitative nature of the capitalist system it thrives in.
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