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McDonald’s and supermarkets failed to spot slavery - BBC News

McDonald’s and supermarkets failed to spot slavery

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The fact that McDonalds let them work 70 to 100 hours a week (With one victim who worked a 30-hour shift) shows that they are happy to exploit people. This is a crime in its own right, ignoring the fact that their wages were stolen
- I can't speak for the bread factory. But most McDonald's are franchise locations and are run by people who don't work directly for the company using their own hr and payroll. While McD corp are not wholly absolved by that fact, the franchisee and their back office staff (which in my experience are often their own family and friends) will have almost certainly been aware of what was going on but been happy to have the slaves working there anyway.
  
  That's the whole point of the franchise system. The franchisees can basically only make money if they horrifically exploit people and the corporation can deny responsibility. This is not some aberration, this is how the system works.
  
  Yeah sorry I meant that this McDonalds let them do this. I'm not an expert on labour laws in the UK but surely a 30 hour shift should be illegal, if it's not already
It’s impossible to get someone to understand what their salary depends on not understanding
Left out the word 'conveniently'

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