McStrike Comes to 10 Downing Street
Earlier this week, striking McDonald's workers in the UK went to 10 Downing Street to disrupt business as usual. Their demands: a living wage, union recognition, and an end to sexual harassment on the job.
3 Article(s) by: Annelise Orleck
Annelise Orleck is a professor at Dartmouth College. Her new book is “We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now”: The Global Uprising against Poverty Wages.
#MeToo and McDonald’s
It’s been a long time since a strike in the US directly targeted sexual harassment. But on Tuesday, women workers took direct action against their bosses and brought the #MeToo movement to McDonald's.
When Workers Fight Back
Workers resist exploitation, even in the worst circumstances. Historian Annelise Orleck spoke with 140 of them, from garment workers in Cambodia to Walmart workers in the US.