Mother of two arrested after confronting McDonald's President about poverty wages.

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McDonald’s worker arrested after telling company president she can’t afford shoes

By David Edwards
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 14:48 EDT
Nancy Salgado speaks to The Real News
Topics: McDonald's Corporation ♦ The Real News




A woman who has been employed by the McDonald’s Corporation for over 10 years says she was arrested last week after she confronted the company president at a meeting and told him she couldn’t afford to buy shoes or food for her children.

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“It’s really hard for me to feed my two kids and struggle day to day,” she shouted as Stratton was speaking. “Do you think this is fair, that I have to be making $8.25 when I’ve worked for McDonald’s for ten years?”


“I’ve been there for forty years,” Stratton replied from the podium.

“The thing is that I need a raise. But you’re not helping your employees. How is this possible?” Salgado asked.

At that point, someone approached Salgado and informed her that she was going to be arrested.


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[TheDebbieDee]

1. I'm surprised that dick didn't say something like:

"Maybe you should go out and find a job that pays more!"

To want to murder someone after having made a remark like that would be justifiable homicide!

[kardonb]

7. been there...

typical tone-deafness of these creeps ; he has been there 40 years , and he certainly makes a hell of a lot more than $ 8.25 an hour .
Yeah , I've got mine , you just go ahead and slave some more , I couldn't care less .

[thelordofhell]

2. Undercover Boss-----the reality

I'm actually surprised and employee (probably now an ex-employee) was able to get that close the guy in the first place.

[NuclearDem]

3. That poor rich guy

Is he going to be alright? I mean, that must have really been temporarily annoying to him, having to face a victim of his slave wage business model. Poor baby!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. You win the thread with that one.

[LiberalEsto]

4. Oops, I just posted this. Let me delete mine.

Let them eat fries.

[Cha]

5. Way to bring more Attention to her Just Cause, assholes.

[LordGlenconner]

6. Another reason not to eat their shitty food

Though I do like the fries.

[Scuba]

13. I stop at McUrinals quite often.

[onethatcares]

8. 8.75 million dollar last year

the fcker made $8,750,000.00 last year selling that greasy crap and sugar water.

I don't eat there and don't plan to ever do so. Before you jump on me for saying that, I do realize it's calories

and a lot of people need those. But gauddammmmint, I will never eat there.

[gtar100]

9. Would she have been arrested if she went up there to praise him? I doubt it.

So what was she really arrested for? Speaking her mind. And frankly, in a very non-threatening manner. The guy just can't handle the consequences of his actions. The real implication here is that he makes so much money because he is stealing from his employees. Rather than pay them a living wage, he takes those revenues and pumps them into executive salaries and investor payouts. That may be legal on the books but it is morally reprehensible.

Glad he so clearly identified himself as one of the assholes without a grateful bone in his body. One more reason to avoid that establishment.

[JoeyT]

11. I don't get how this is trespassing.

It's been a while, but last I checked having an invitation onto someone's property that gets revoked because you say something they don't like isn't trespassing. You might be asked to leave, and if you refuse be considered trespassing, but their consent to your being on their property can't be silently revoked. They have to tell you to leave.

Wonder if she can sue the shitbird cop that arrested her or whatever dick asked to have her arrested?

[TheKentuckian]

12. Livin in America. Small People can't address Stakeholders like that.