Saturday, June 05, 2021

A Quick History of McDonald’s Exploitation of Workers

 

Watch the full episode: https://www.portable.tv/videos/mcdona... 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. Also on this episode: Lee Camp covers the GOP's attacks on women's rights, the Democrats' failure to stand with women on abortion rights, a $25 million verdict against Monsanto over its cancerous RoundUp pesticide being upheld in court, and more. Natalie McGill takes a swing at The Salvation Army. The organization has a lot of issues but one of the latest revelations is that they're being sued for not paying people in their drug rehabilitation program anywhere close to a minimum wage for their labor. The unfortunate workers were paid a pittance for often heavy, difficult work. This isn't a new or limited practice for The Salvation Army but last time they were caught they got lawyers to cover it up. Naomi Karavani reports on the manufacturers of Smart TVs selling viewer's data, Israel bombing hackers in Gaza, and AP News firing a journalist for Palestinian rights activism when they were in college. ~ Full episodes of Redacted Tonight will no longer be available on YouTube. They will be on the free video streaming platform “Portable TV.” All segments of Redacted Tonight will STILL be on YouTube but for the full episodes download the free app at https://www.portable.tv/download. Full episodes will still be available at RT.com. ~ Watch Lee's newest Stand-Up Comedy Special for free here – https://LeeCampAmerican.com ~ Our videos are heavily suppressed by YouTube and Facebook. Please help us avoid censorship by sharing this if you see fit. And join my email list by texting "REDACTED" to 33-777. It's free and quick. You can also join at LeeCamp.com