• McDonalds voter intimdation - republicans win or you don't get raises/benefits
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[quote] Voter Intimidation At McDonald's: Employees Told That, Unless Republicans Win, They Won't Get Raises Or Benefits WASHINGTON -- There may be something rotten at McDonald's -- and it's not a year-old Happy Meal. The owner of a franchise in Canton, Ohio enclosed a handbill in employees' paychecks that threatened lower wages and benefits if Republicans don't win on Tuesday. "As the election season is here we wanted you to know which candidates will help our business grow in the future," reads the letter. "As you know, the better our business does it enables us to invest in our people and our restaurants. If the right people are elected we will be able to continue with raises and benefits at or above our present levels. If others are elected, we will not. As always, who you vote for is completely your personal decision and many factors go into your decision." The note ends with a list of candidates McDonald's believes "will help our business move forward." It names Republicans John Kasich for governor, Rob Portman for Senate, and Jim Renacci for Congress. With the letter was a biography of Renacci. "The handbill endorses candidates who have in essence pledged to roll back the minimum wage and eviscerate the safety net that protects the most vulnerable members of our workforce," said Attorney Allen Schulman of Canton law firm Schulman Zimmerman & Associates, which received the documents from an employer who stepped forward. "But it's more than that. When a corporation like McDonald's intimidates its employees into voting a specific way, it violates both state and federal election law. It's no surprise to anyone that Ohio is a battleground state in this election, and for a multinational corporation like McDonald's to threaten employees like this is morally and legally wrong. This despicable corporate conduct is the logical extension of the Citizens United decision, which has unleashed corporate arrogance and abuse." Schulman turned over the documents to local prosecutors, asking them to "investigate this matter for a criminal violation." Ohio election law specifically states that no corporation "shall print or authorize to be print...or post or exhibit in the establishment or anywhere in or about the establishment...handbills containing any threat, notice, or information that if any particular candidate is elected or defeated, work in the establishment will cease in whiole or in part, or other threats expressed or implied, intended to influence the political opinions or votes of...its employees." On Friday, franchise owner Paul Siegfried apologized in a written statement, saying the communication was "an error of judgment on my part." "Please know it was never my intention to offend anyone," he added. "For those that I have offended, I sincerely apologize." In a statement to The Huffington Post, Shirley Rogers Reece, general manager of McDonald's Ohio region, said, "We wholeheartedly respect diverse views and opinions, and our employees' right to vote. Our position is that every employee should make his or her own choice. McDonald's had no knowledge of this material being distributed. As independent business owners, our franchisees are responsible for matters regarding their own employees. The content of this material is not reflective of McDonald's position. We remain bipartisan on these matters. That said, while clearly this was poor judgment, we don't believe it was intended to offend anyone." UPDATE 6:24 p.m.: Renacci's opponent, Rep. Jim Boccieri (D-Ohio) put out a statement about the incident: "Sadly, these voter intimidation tactics by this McDonald's franchise owner is another example of corporations exerting undue influence on our elections -- something we've seen all too often lately, including earlier this year in the Citizen's United decision. To date, big corporate special interests have spent $6 million to remove me from office. I voted to require corporations to disclose their influence in elections, so it's not surprising this franchise supports my opponent." [/quote] [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/29/voter-intimidation-mcdonalds-republican_n_776187.html[/url] This is...gross.
Wow, what a cunt.
Mcdonalds is the new New Black Panther Party.
I'm waiting for this to be defended, and the stripping of the system down into an even worse form than it's in now. By ridge and the like of course.
Hey McDonalds, make like a train and get the fuck out.
Hey McDonalds keep up the good work.
So it's a franchise and not the corporation? Way to overblow the story.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;25738361]So it's a franchise and not the corporation? Way to overblow the story.[/QUOTE]Pretty much this, albeit it's still a despicable tactic on the franchise owner, who i'm confident will face the full penalty under the law.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;25738361]So it's a franchise and not the corporation? Way to overblow the story.[/QUOTE] Don't you know? The actions of one employee automatically matches that of the entire corporation[i]![/i]
Workers at Mcdonalds, or for that matter, any fast food place never get benefits anyways.
this is shameful
Voted aggree just to make you mad :fuckyou:
[QUOTE=FHamster;25738438]Workers at Mcdonalds, or for that matter, any fast food place never get benefits anyways.[/QUOTE] I get 50% off 1 hour before and after a shift and on my breaks. any other time i get 20% off. Too bad i don't even eat the shit there. I also get free uniforms too, but i guess that's just because they never lock the locker.
McDonalds is fucking disgusting. This is also a pretty bad thing too I guess.
I have to be honest here,i like McDonalds. But i barely go there,ive learned to like Carl's Jr. or Jack in the Box
[QUOTE=MacD11;25738621]I have to be honest here,i like McDonalds. But i barely go there,ive learned to like Carl's Jr. or Jack in the Box[/QUOTE] It's so fucking disgusting but it tastes good at the same time. It's good for a cheap thrill.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;25738642]It's so fucking disgusting but it tastes good at the same time. It's good for a cheap thrill.[/QUOTE] So it's like watching a B-movie?
[QUOTE=Lambeth;25738716]So it's like watching a B-movie?[/QUOTE] Yes.Yes it is.
Watch the McDonalds corporate office revoke his franchise license or something.
What kind of fat cockmongler threatens his staff to vote his way or not get raises or benefits, I'd kick this guys ass given the opportunity.
One franchise owner [I]recommends[/I] that its employees vote for certain candidates or the evil McDonalds corporation is financially forcing poor workers to vote for the Republican devils?
That's technically illegal....
I eat at In-N-Out :smug:
Unions do this stuff all the time, and yet that never makes news.
Yet no one seems to care when ballot machines staffed by SEIU members are pre-loaded to vote democrat, glitch out and only show democratic candidates, democratic absentee ballot fraud, and gift-card give aways for democratic voters. And then people compare a memo stating that republicans are more business friendly, thus the business will do better, to armed, black supremacist thugs.
Lets blame McDonald's when it was the franchiser who PERSONALLY wrote and sent out those letters.
[QUOTE=Ecarnacion;25753994]Yet no one seems to care when ballot machines staffed by SEIU members are pre-loaded to vote democrat, glitch out and only show democratic candidates, democratic absentee ballot fraud, and gift-card give aways for democratic voters. And then people compare a memo stating that republicans are more business friendly, thus the business will do better, to armed, black supremacist thugs.[/QUOTE] y'see I was actually doing what some people may call a joke.
[QUOTE=Ecarnacion;25753994]Yet no one seems to care when ballot machines staffed by SEIU members are pre-loaded to vote democrat, glitch out and only show democratic candidates, democratic absentee ballot fraud, and gift-card give aways for democratic voters. And then people compare a memo stating that republicans are more business friendly, thus the business will do better, to armed, black supremacist thugs.[/QUOTE] Yeah, it's a fucking democrat conspiracy, those machines are!
[url]http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/363664/october-28-2010/the-mcrib-is-back[/url] he was right
What the fuck is this 1870? This is why we have unions people.
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