Taking Action: McDonald’s Strikes, HUD and Transgender Rights, and Office Sweaters

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🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Some McDonald’s workers were on strike today … while the company held its annual shareholder meeting. Employees are asking for better pay, more say, union rights - oh and the higher ups addressing recent sexual harassment claims. We’ll tell you more about it. Meanwhile, the Department of Housing and Urban Development introduced a new proposal that would allow homeless shelters to turn away transgender people for religious reasons. And let shelters put transgender women in facilities with men instead of women. We’ll dive into it. Also on today’s episode: 2020 candidate Kirsten Gillibrand came out with a proposal for a “Family Bill of Rights” and a new study that will help defrost the office tension. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, May 23rd.
0:03.2	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.8	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day
0:07.0	and giving you the context on why they matter.
0:10.0	Today, workers at McDonald's restaurants across the US are on strike.
0:14.4	We'll break down how the complaints against the Golden Arches
0:16.7	are connected to the MeToo movement.
0:18.7	Then, the Trump administration is looking to take away some protections for transgender people.
0:23.3	We'll tell you what's going down.
0:25.0	And finally, summer's here.
0:27.2	So, get out your works wetter.
0:29.2	We're here to make your Thursday smarter.
0:31.6	Let's skim this.
0:38.8	Today's episode is brought to you by Delta.
0:41.2	Keep climbing.
0:42.2	And keep listening, because a lot's happening.
0:47.5	The spotlight today is on McDonald's.
0:50.0	They're being asked a lot of questions right now.
0:52.3	And they're way more complicated than would you like fries with that?
0:55.6	Right now, about 850,000 people work for McDonald's in the US.
0:59.5	And today, a bunch of those workers in 13 major US cities from Chicago to Miami
1:04.3	are going on strike.
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