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Caught Employing Slaves, McDonald’s Promises to Do Better (jacobin.com)

submitted 3 months ago by TokenBoomer to c/progressivepolitics

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The dire conditions of fast-food work cause enormous staff turnover, which puts franchisees in a constant search for desperate workers. It’s no wonder that one McDonald’s in England failed to notice that it was employing victims of human trafficking.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They said they did not know it was slave labor. Do you believe them?

I read two articles and didn't see any indication that the store managers or HR employees were actually investigated. Until there's an investigation, I'm going to use common sense, which suggests that several people (or more) knew something was extremely wrong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

since when was ignorance ever a real legal defense, anyways?