The unions collected testimonies from employees of the McDonald’s group all over the world, from “vulgar comments to physical assault”. c
The unions collected testimonies from employees of the McDonald’s group all over the world, from “vulgar comments to physical assault”.
vulgar comments, inappropriate touching, assault : an international coalition of unions seized on Monday, the OECD, accusing the McDonald’s group of tolerating “sexual harassment is systematic in its restaurants worldwide”.
“Gender-based violence and harassment are part of McDonald’s culture,” said the group, which was sent to the National Contact Point (NCP) of the Dutch Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Also mentioned are two investment banks, the Netherlands’ APG Asset Management and Norway’s Norges Bank, the current $1.7 billion capital of the global renovation giant, according to the syndicates.
About “vulgar comments on physical attack”
McDonald’s confirmed to AFP that it would consider the reference upon receipt, provided you have already initiated “the very important discussion about a safe and respectful work environment (at their institutions) in the United States and around the world.” . According to the coalition, this is the first reference to “sexual harassment and in general in a multinational company”, under the OECD’s guiding principles.
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This particularly includes multinational companies and their shareholders regarding labor rights such as the protection of employees from sexual violence. “These principles are not laws, but they create obligations for multinational corporations,” Lance Compa, an expert on international labor law, said during a video conference.
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Unions have collected testimony, with allegations ranging from “vulgar comments to physical assaults against employees in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Jamelia Fairley, who worked at a franchise restaurant in Sanford, Florida for four years, said she was the victim of sexual comments and touching from male colleagues. She made several reports, but the company “didn’t take it seriously” and cut his working hours, the young woman assured. The coalition also cites a case in a restaurant in France, where a manager would install a mobile phone in a dressing room to film female employees in the process of changing.
mediation successful
Ricardo Patah, president of Brazil’s general union of workers (UGT), also referred 23 complaints from employees registered in the country for abuse, sexual harassment and discrimination.
direction The giant American fast-food restaurant was at the center of controversy late last year: its CEO Steve Easterbrook was fired for having an “sanctioned” but illegal affair with a member of staff.
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McDonald’s, which is headquartered in the United States, is also responsible for working conditions at its franchise locations, which represent 90% of restaurants, unions say. The unions chose the Netherlands because that country is the “nerve center” of McDonald’s business in Europe and the headquarters of the APG bank.
In Europe, McDonald’s is the first restaurant chain with around 500,000 employees, 90% of whom are franchised. However, collective agreements differ in different countries and do not necessarily apply to employees of franchise restaurants, said Kristjan Bragason, general secretary of the European Trade Union Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism.
The file must be investigated by the Dutch NCP, which will decide within three months whether the mediation process between the union and the company has started.
“It’s a non-binding system, the NCP cannot force McDonald’s to do anything, or fine or cause it to pay,” Lance Compa said. But he stressed that the process “has already proven to be effective” and that “a lot of mediation has been successful” in reforming some companies that feared their brand image would be damaged.
Updated date: May 21, 2020, 10:58 p.m
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