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The women said they were repeatedly harassed by a "swing manager" who groped them and made sexual comments. Other managers ignored it, they said.
In the past several years, former and current McDonald’s employees have increasingly come forward to share stories of the sexual harassment they allegedly experienced while working in the chain’s restaurants, In a new CBS Sunday Morning segment, four women shared their personal accounts with correspondent Erin Moriarty. Emily Anibal, who was 17 when she started working at McDonald’s in 2016, said a male shift manager “would make comments on my body, and other workers’ bodies, saying, like, ‘I would have sex with you, I wouldn’t have sex with her.’” Anibal added that the shi...
AP Photo/Richard Drew Hundreds of McDonald's staff have faced sexual harassment at work, senior attorney Gillian Thomas told CBS. One worker told CBS a shift manager called her "ugly" and grabbed her breasts with kitchen tongs. McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said sexual harassment "has no place in any McDonald's restaurant." McDonald's will take action following allegations of sexual harassment by its staff, its CEO Chris Kempczinski said Sunday, after CBS released a wide-ranging report about the fast-food giant. Hundreds of female employees have been subjected...
Kempczinski said he had asked for a review of workplace-safety policies and programs across the global system by four members of the brand’s executive team: Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA; Ian Borden, president of McDonald’s international; Heidi Capozzi, global chief people officer; and Katie Fallon, chief global impact officer. “Far from shying away from them, in the case of the sexual harassment allegations detailed in the ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ story, I want to recognize these individuals and acknowledge their courage,” Kempczinski said. “Any person who steps for...
Female McDonald's employees accuse fast-food chain of abuse, harassment in workplace Young women from across the country with remarkably similar accounts of workplace abuse and harassment at one of America's largest, most iconic fast-food restaurant chains: McDonald's: "He would make comments on my body, and other workers' bodies, saying, like, 'I would have sex with you, I wouldn't have sex with her,'" said Emily Anibal. "First he was like, 'You have nice hair,' started touching my hair," said Jamelia Fairley. "Then he was like, physical; then he actually started grabbing my butt." Kat Barb...