McDonald’s USA President Jeff Stratton was giving a speech at Chicago’s Union League Club when he was confronted by McDonald’s employee Nancy Salgado, 26, who was there as part of a group protesting the company’s low wages. In the middle of Stratton’s speech, Salgado shouted “It’s really hard for me to feed my two kids and struggle day to day. Do you think this is fair, that I have to be making $8.25 when I’ve worked for McDonald’s for ten years?” Stratton’s empathetic reply? “I’ve been there for forty […]
Nancy Salgado is 26 years old and is a cashier at McDonald’s. She has been at her current McDonald’s for ten months. She is a single mother with seven- and two-year old children. The family currently lives in Logan Square, a community on Chicago’s northwest Side. Nancy earns $8.25 an hour, works thirty to forty hours per week and is struggling to raise her two kids. Nancy has worked for McDonald’s since she was 16 and has never had a raise. See footage of her arrest and a subsequent interview on the video below…and take your considerations…