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May 21, 2020

McDonald's Workers Strike to Demand Personal Protective Equipment
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The Labor Department reports another 2.4 million U.S. workers filed
unemployment claims over the last week. The total number of newly
unemployed people is rapidly approaching 40 million, a level not seen
since the height of the Great Depression.

Hundreds of Mc Donald's workers went on strike around the United States
Wednesday demanding the fast-food giant take full responsibility for the
safety of workers and customers during the pandemic. This is Ieshia
Townsend, a Chicago Mc Donald's employee on strike for personal
protective equipment, paid sick leave, health insurance benefits and
hazard pay.

Ieshia Townsend: "I'm doing what I feel is best for me and my family due
to the COVID-19 situation. I want to be able to protect my family, but I
also want to be able to protect my co-workers around me when I have to
go to work. … So I just want Mc Donald's to make sure that workers like
me - you say that we are essential workers. Protect me and my beautiful
boys, and even my friends and family that are around me."



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