WASHINGTON (US) – McDonald’s Corp has been accused of terminating a worker from its Chicago outlet for suing the fast-food chain over claims that it failed to protect staff during the pandemic outbreak, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
Ryan Freeman was fired “in an effort to discourage other employees from engaging in” legally protected activism, according to a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, filed by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) on Wednesday, the report said.
McDonald’s workers across the country have protested and demanded safety gear.
Both McDonald’s and SEIU did not respond to a request for comment outside regular US business hours.
Freeman was one of five employees who sued McDonald’s last month.
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