McDonald’s and supermarkets failed to spot slavery - BBC News
McDonald’s and supermarkets failed to spot slavery - BBC News
Red flags went undetected as victims worked at a restaurant and a supermarket supplier, BBC finds.
It's funny because the article claims that the companies failed to spot it. We have no evidence that they failed to spot it. We only have evidence that they failed to take action. So then we left asking the question, if someone did spot it, what would they have done?
It's simply unbelievable that nobody spotted it, so then we're left wondering whether they reported the situation to their supervisors, and why nobody took any action. Bribery seems like a likely possibility. Of course I have no solid evidence. But neither did the author of the article.
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.
It’s impossible to get someone to understand what their salary depends on not understanding