McDonald’s Slammed for Using Weinstein Law Firm to Advise on Harassment Policy
Union, women’s groups back a one-day nationwide strike as part of broader effort to organize the fast-food industry.
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Striking McDonald’s Corp. workers in the union-backed “Fight for $15” movement are demanding that the company stop seeking advice on sexual harassment policy from a law firm that’s currently defending the Weinstein Co.
“Fight for $15,” an initiative by the Service Employees International Union to raise pay and unionize the fast-food industry, plans to mount a daylong strike on Tuesday against McDonald’s to raise awareness of alleged sexual harassment at some of its stores. They’re also demanding that McDonald’s dump the workplace training arm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a Chicago-based law firm that defends companies against workplace claims.