Fast-food workers strike, alleging inadequate coronavirus protection in the workplace
Fast-food workers across the country protested the allegedly unsafe work conditions at major fast food chains amid complaints about a lack of adequate COVID-19 protection.
Fast-food staffers across Illinois and California filed complaints with city officials, walked from their jobs and staged strikes against quick service giants McDonald's and Burger King on Wednesday, demanding better treatment and proper workplace protections from the raging pandemic.
The protests came just days after a Santa Monica Burger King worker died after displaying symptoms of coronavirus, advocacy groups said, citing accounts from the victim's co-workers.
The woman, Angela Martinez Gomez, worked her shifts for at least a week while exhibiting symptoms -- which included coughing and nausea, according to a complaint filed on her behalf -- but managers allegedly brushed off her symptoms, saying they were probably just side-effects of her hormone injections.
Gomez, who is transgender, died on July 6.
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