"You People Want Everything For Free": Black McDonald's Worker Allegedly Told--And Company Fires Her

- Demonstrators protest in front of McDonald's headquarters on Oct. 26, 2021 in Chicago, Ill. The protest was one of several staged nationwide to call attention to the company’s handling of sexual harassment complaints at the company's restaurants and to urge its workers to unionize.
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A former McDonald's employee has filed a federal complaint alleging she was fired for reporting a racist comment another worker said to her, according to Business Insider. Shanece Tailo filed the complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after a human resources dispute in January ended in her termination. Tailo, a nurse, was also working as a floor manager at a McDonald's in Fla. when she drove through another location's drive-thru, placed an order, and asked an employee for extra sauce. Tailo said in the complaint that the employee tried to charge her for the extra sauce, which she knew to be a violation of company policy.

Tailo said she explained as much to the unnamed employee, who responded with: "You people want everything for free."

McDonald's USA said in a statement: "McDonald's unequivocally stands behind the need for equality and fairness on both sides of the counter in our restaurants, and we do not tolerate discrimination or retaliation of any kind by anyone. We take these claims seriously and will review the allegations and take action accordingly." Tailo said she doesn't think the other employee, who she knew, recognized her because she was wearing a nurse uniform and mask at the time and when she pulled down her mask, the employee apologized and offered her the sauce for free.

Tailo reported a complaint through McDonald's customer service line and she sent a text message to the store's regional manager, Business Insider reported. She said the regional manager acknowledged that the company does not charge for extra sauce and weeks later she was asked to attend a meeting with the manager and a human resources worker. > Tailo said in her complaint that she was asked to say in a statement that the worker was not racist with her and when she refused, she was shown a statement created for her. "I started to edit it, because it was not accurate," Tailo said in her complaint.

She added that the human resources worker didn't allow her to complete the edit, taking the paper from her, and Tailo was later fired.

McDonald's has already proved to be no friend to its workers, having refused paid sick leave to some 500,000 employees amid the Covid pandemic, ignored calls for a $15-min. wage for years, & allegedly mishandled sexual harassment complaints, leading to a 1-day strike nationwide. Lately, McDonald CEO Chris Kempczinski has been the subject of protests in Chicago after he told Mayor Lightfoot in recently-revealed text messages that parents of children shot & killed earlier this year "failed those kids," per the Chicago Tribune. In one of the shootings, 13-year-old Adam Toledo was killed by a Chicago police officer after footage police released showed Adam running from officers, dropping a gun he was holding, and being shot anyway...

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