McDonald's endorses the Ohio GOP slate

[longhair75]

I guess the management of the local McDonald's feels it is OK to lean on his minimum wage employees:

McDonalds employees told whom to vote for (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/us/politics/30ohio.html?_r=1&ref=mcdonalds_corporation)

from the article:
WASHINGTON — When workers in a McDonald’s restaurant in Canton, Ohio, opened their paychecks this month, they found a pamphlet urging them to vote for the Republican candidates for governor, Senate and Congress, or possibly face financial repercussions.

[gonzomax]

People in Canton should avoid that restaurant at all costs. that is how businesses learn. Hurt them in the pocket book.

[Rhythmdvl]

We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero.

[longhair75]

I don't have any trouble boycotting McDonalds. The food is inedible. Political coercion of minimum wage workers clinches it for me

[Enuma Elish]

Does he really think this will work the way he intends? I would think most of his employees would vote opposite what he wants just to stick one to 'the man'.

[gonzomax]

Federal election law allows employers to communicate with their employees about voting only on non partisan votes. his actions are illegal.

[Vinyl Turnip]

The last time I entered a McDonald's---which, granted, was a long time ago---I don't remember seeing too many employees who were old enough to vote.

[MsWhatsit]

The last time I entered a McDonald's---which, granted, was a long time ago---I don't remember seeing too many employees who were old enough to vote.

The day shift, particularly during the school year, is made up almost entirely of employees that are old enough to vote.

[longhair75]

Federal election law allows employers to communicate with their employees about voting only on non partisan votes. his actions are illegal.

from this article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/10/gop_paycheck_politicking_gives.html

IDan Tokaji, associate director of Ohio State University Law School's election law project, said Siegfried's communication appears to violate a state law that bans companies from distributing handbills that threaten workplace repercussions if particular candidates aren't elected.

[gonzomax]

So it is illegal from state and federal laws. Seems pretty clear. I hope they have to answer for it.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Make him eat his own food, perhaps.

[BrainGlutton]

I recall from high-school U.S. history, in 1896, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_U.S._presidential_election) when the Republican William McKinley faced the Democrat (and free-silver fanatic) William Jennings Bryan, factory owners were telling their workers that if Bryan won, they need not bother showing up for work the next day.

It's a venerable American tradition.