Workers sue McDonald's for stealing wages

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[Java4Jay]

US workers accused fast-food giant McDonald's Thursday of systematically stealing wages through illicit practices like forcing them to work off-the-clock and failing to pay overtime. Seven class-action lawsuits were filed Wednesday and Thursday in California, Michigan and New York demanding that McDonald's pay back the stolen wages and end the practices that violate state and federal laws, lawyers representing the workers said.

[Java4Jay]

Fast-food workers, some of the worst-paid in the US economy, have been campaigning for higher wages in recent years. Last August thousands of workers went on strike at McDonald's and other fast-food restaurants in 60 cities across the nation seeking a minimum wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation by their employer.

[laweeks]

Gee . . . I thought Wal-Mart was the biggest bad guy around.

One way to stop Mcy D from "stealing" wages, and that's to GET ANOTHER JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE, MORON!.

[OpusatFR]

Good for them!

You work, you get paid for it.

If they worked off the clock with no compensation, that’s theft by the company.

[PeteB570]

Not paying overtime and forcing workers to work “off the clock” are illegal.

[LostInBayport]

The time these folks spend wallowing in perceived grievances and cooking up get-rich-quick schemes would be better spent at a second job.

[OpusatFR]

“One way to stop Mcy D from “stealing” wages, and that’s to GET ANOTHER JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE, MORON!.”

Hey, blaming the victim for an injustice isn’t right.

I can rail against the dems and the system, but stiffing a worker who’s doing the job is WRONG and it needs to be redressed.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t think McDonald’s corp. signs their paychecks.

[Java4Jay]

I’ll bet the plaintiffs will have a hard time providing PROOF

[originalbuckeye]

Sorry, this smacks of an Acorn/Organizing for America operation. Really, three cities across the span of the USA? If they are bring overworked, I hope they can prove it.

[Red Badger]

And this flurry of lawsuits had absolutely NOTHING to do with Oberdork’s revamping the overtime rules................yesterday........

[OpusatFR]

Perhaps they won’t. My kids kept logs of their hours worked and they were quick to note unpaid time.

This isn’t something rare in the fast food industry.

[cripplecreek]

Sorry, this smacks of an Acorn/Organizing for America operation.

Yup. Going after the deep pockets.

[Zeneta]

I do recall a time in my youth.

Working at a delivery company.

After day 2, I was asked to do substantially more than I signed up for. I was hired as a driver.

I welcomed the new challenges and responsibilities and I performed well beyond his expectations.

After two weeks I told the owner that I need a raise.

He came back to me with a raise, $0.25 an hour more.

I was insulted.

While I was busting my butt, doing anything and everything that needed to get done, he was going to walk out of his office once an hour and and throw a quarter at me.

In the end, I got paid what I was worth and we had a great relationship.

[drunknsage]

Nice lib logic. Don’t like the direction of the county? Go ahead and move you lazy slob.

[dmz]

One way to stop Mcy D from “stealing” wages, and that’s to GET ANOTHER JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE, MORON!.

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Absolutely. Clearly the prime takeaway from this story is the workers at McDonalds, who pretty much deserve to have their rightful pay illegally withheld because they are morons.

[AppyPappy]

Correct. I received a check one time for overtime that wasn’t paid correctly.

[AppyPappy]

It probably wasn’t McDonalds but some rogue managers. McDonalds just has the deep pockets.

[laweeks]

Nice lib logic. Don’t like the direction of the county? Go ahead and move you lazy slob.

Not quite. I'm not sure whom you're painting as the "lazy slob." There are many companies that have employees to extra work. If it's not customary to do so, then go to the upper management and complain.

But to lawyer-up is a coward's way out. Besides, I don't think that all McDonald's do this. They're being painted with a broad brush.

And as I implied, if you're unhappy there, go somewhere else where you won't be mistreated. Putting a lawsuit on your resume and future references is rather pathetic.

[DoodleDawg]

Fast-food workers, some of the worst-paid in the US economy, have been campaigning for higher wages in recent years. Last August thousands of workers went on strike at McDonald's and other fast-food restaurants in 60 cities across the nation seeking a minimum wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation by their employer.

So that makes it OK for their employer to force them to work off the clock and deny them overtime?

[laweeks]

There are many companies that have employees do extra work. If it’s not customary to do so, then go to the upper management and complain. I think it’s called a chain of command.

But to lawyer-up is a coward’s way out. Besides, I don’t think that all McDonald’s do this. They’re being painted with a broad brush.

If you’re unhappy there, go somewhere else where you won’t be mistreated. Putting a lawsuit on your resume and future references is rather pathetic.