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[Link] Grill’d co-founder Geoff Bainbridge quits Lark Distilling board over alleged drug use video
Read: 16/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
Melbourne entrepreneur Geoff Bainbridge, a co-founder of Grill’d, has resigned as chief executive of an ASX-listed whiskey distillery after the emergence of video, published in a media outlet, purportedly showing him intoxicated while smoking methamphetamine.
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[Link] Union takes McDonald's to court, seeks $100 million in back pay
Read: 30/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
Jonathon Washington was 15 when he started working at McDonald's, and like most young workers, said he was not fully aware of his workplace rights. He said McDonald's inconsistently applied break rules in the three years he worked for the company and at times denied him 10 minute breaks.
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[Link] Grill’d co-founder Simon Crowe apologises for wearing Native American headdress to party
Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com
The co-founder of the multimillion-dollar Grill’d burger chain, Simon Crowe, has apologised for wearing a Native American headdress to an end of year staff costume Christmas party.
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[Link] The McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hacking Saga Has a New Twist
Read: 1/12/2021 www.wired.com
Six months ago, a tiny startup called Kytch sued Taylor, the billion-dollar manufacturer of McDonald's notoriously broken ice cream machines.
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[Link] To-go orders are ruining restaurant workers' lives
Read: 8/11/2021 www.businessinsider.com
The COVID-19 pandemic closed dining rooms and led to a boom in to-go orders across the restaurant industry — but they're making things unbearable for workers.
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[Link] Outrage as McDonald’s CEO appears to blame parents of slain Chicago children
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
McDonald’s chief executive, Chris Kempczinski, has sparked outrage after the emergence of a text exchange with the Chicago mayor, Lori Lightfoot, in which he appears to blame two Chicago parents whose children were fatally shot.
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[Link] McDonald’s Employees Will Strike Over Sexual Harassment
Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The employees, organizers said, will strike in cities like Chicago, Detroit, Houston, and Miami. They will also call for workers to unionize, since McDonald’s, they say, has failed to adequately protect employees.
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[Link] In-N-Out Refuses to Be ‘Vaccination Police’ in Dumb Move Against Mandate
Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com
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[Link] Gang Members Busted Trying to Smuggle a Carload of KFC Into a Locked Down City
Read: 22/9/2021 www.vice.com
New Zealand police were patrolling the backstreets just south of Auckland on Sunday night when they saw it: a “suspicious looking” car travelling down a gravel road near the city’s southern border.
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