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She said the move would be 'symbolic' in the fight against plastic.
The job carries with it all the trademark symptoms of its industry: long hours, poverty pay, precarious employment and a daily dose of stress that sees associates and management alike break down in tears
Many people don’t see all the work that we put in. It is a very demanding job. It's time to end the days of poverty pay
Continuing down a path where profit is king is unsustainable for our society, our health and our planet
McDonald's workers staged protests in several cities across the US, as part of what organisers billed as the first multi-state strike seeking to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.
'What a way to make a living.'
McDonalds has become the latest company to opt out of providing the single-use product. Restaurants in the UK and Ireland will replace plastic with paper straws from September.
The chain uses 1.8 million straws a day in the UK.
But union slams the ‘undermining’ of workers brave enough to strike.
Sorry to be the party poopers.