McDonald's CEO Paid 770 Times What Workers Earn? Protect Workers' Rights!
- by: SEIU
- recipient: McDonald's Corporation
McDonald's isn't lovin' free choice for its employees. The fast food giant is reportedly organizing its restaurant owners to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act.
McDonald's has more than 600,000 employees in the U.S., many of whom earn less than $10 per hour. But last year its CEO took home more than $13 million. Now McDonald's leadership is actively organizing to prevent its employees from standing up for themselves at work.
Sign the petition to McDonald's headquarters and say employees need the Employee Free Choice Act!
Dear McDonald's Corp.,
I was shocked to learn that the McDonald's CEO earned $13 million in 2007, or 770 times what his workers earn.
I was also shocked to hear that, according to published reports, McDonald's is part of a coalition of wealthy business interests opposed to the Employee Free Choice Act - a coalition that not only is running ads against the Employee Free Choice Act, but also actively campaigned against pro-middle class candidates in the 2008 election.
The Employee Free Choice Act gives workers the free choice to join unions so they can bargain for better wages, benefits and retirement security. And everyone knows that a happy employee makes for happy customers and a strong company.
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Please give McDonald's workers the respect they deserve by addressing the disparity between compensation levels and by showing support for the Employee Free Choice Act.
