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Hispanic Workers Protest, Get Deported
McDonald's Employees Complained About Work Conditions
OVERLAND PARK, KS -- Hispanic workers at a local McDonald's restaurant complained about work conditions.
Now their lives are turned upside down.
KCTV5's Russell Kinsaul talked with a leader in the Hispanic community who told him that the incident is creating fear in fast food places across the city.
Some Hispanic employees at a McDonald's near College Boulevard and Quivira claimed they were mistreated and staged a protest to make their point in January.
Raul Murguia is director of El Centro's Johnson County Family Center. Some of the workers told him their complaints.
"Harassed, pushed to work over their limits, utilizing language that was not appropriate, 'stupid Mexican' or things of that nature," Murguia says.
Within three weeks, most of the workers who protested, had been deported.
A Hispanic assistant manager who didn't participate in the protest was picked up by the INS and is behind bars right now.
The question is, did McDonald's retaliate against the workers or was the action by the INS a mere coincidence?"
McDonald's denies any retaliation, and in a statement, said that the company is committed to doing what is right and that includes compliance with the law.
Did McDonald's call the INS to punish outspoken employees?
Russell put the question to local INS director Michael Heston, of the INS.
"They did not do that," Heston says.
Heston says INS investigators started checking out fast food restaurants back in November.
"They had nothing do with the issues between McDonald's and its employees," Heston says.
Hispanic leaders like Murguia say the coincidence is creating fear.
"It's sending a message to every worker out there to either take the abuse or else," he says.
McDonald's says it's investigating the allegations of harassment.
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Steve
SAME OLD STORY- Hardcore American Comedy
Hispanic Workers Protest, Get Deported
McDonald's Employees Complained About Work Conditions
OVERLAND PARK, KS -- Hispanic workers at a local McDonald's restaurant complained about work conditions.
Now their lives are turned upside down.
KCTV5's Russell Kinsaul talked with a leader in the Hispanic community who told him that the incident is creating fear in fast food places across the city.
Some Hispanic employees at a McDonald's near College Boulevard and Quivira claimed they were mistreated and staged a protest to make their point in January.
Raul Murguia is director of El Centro's Johnson County Family Center. Some of the workers told him their complaints.
"Harassed, pushed to work over their limits, utilizing language that was not appropriate, 'stupid Mexican' or things of that nature," Murguia says.
Within three weeks, most of the workers who protested, had been deported.
A Hispanic assistant manager who didn't participate in the protest was picked up by the INS and is behind bars right now.
The question is, did McDonald's retaliate against the workers or was the action by the INS a mere coincidence?"
McDonald's denies any retaliation, and in a statement, said that the company is committed to doing what is right and that includes compliance with the law.
Did McDonald's call the INS to punish outspoken employees?
Russell put the question to local INS director Michael Heston, of the INS.
"They did not do that," Heston says.
Heston says INS investigators started checking out fast food restaurants back in November.
"They had nothing do with the issues between McDonald's and its employees," Heston says.
Hispanic leaders like Murguia say the coincidence is creating fear.
"It's sending a message to every worker out there to either take the abuse or else," he says.
McDonald's says it's investigating the allegations of harassment.
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Steve
SAME OLD STORY- Hardcore American Comedy
