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Ep. 323: Serving Justice: The Fight for Fair Work at Macca's with Josh Peak

"You wouldn't know the half of it."

🍔 What happens when McDonald's - a corporate behemoth so vast, so rich, so omnipresent that its logo is synonymous with globalisation and capitalism - is asked to compensate hourly workers for unpaid wages?

It screams.

That's where the SDA (Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association) - the union for fast food workers steps in.

For years, they have been pursuing dozens of lawsuits against the fast food titan for a number of abuses, including:

❌ Asking managers to take on unpaid duties (but they get a free frappé!)

❌ Denying workers legally-mandated…

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