SF McDonalds Workers Protest Over Alleged Lack of Coronavirus Protections – Eater SF

Workers at the McDonalds restaurant on San Franciscos Fillmore Street went on strike Thursday, saying that their colleagues are falling ill but must still come to work.

According to a Wednesday tweet from the East Bay chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), at least one worker planned to strike Thursday after discovering confirmed cases of COVID-19 among her co-workers and no response from management.

At the April 30 demonstration, numerous cooks and cashiers told the San Francisco Chronicle that at least four employees of the restaurant at 1100 Fillmore Street had tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19). The group also made a complaint to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, alleging that employees have come to work while visibly sick, and when personal protective equipment was in short supply at the restaurant, employees were told to wear coffee filters as masks.

Peter Ou, the franchisee who owns and operates that McDonalds (and who also sold the notoriously troubled Haight and Stanyan McDonalds to the city of San Francisco for a reported $10 million in 2017), denies the claims that any workers have fallen ill, and says that the restaurant is in full compliance with all state-level orders, including sick pay and PPE requirements. Meanwhile, company-owned McDonalds in the U.K. will reopen on May 13, despite health and safety concerns from workers, who are asking how theyll be able to find personal protective equipment (PPE) to wear to work when healthcare workers in the region remain unsupplied.

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