SEIU members and supporters went to almost 100 McDonald's locations around the country on December 18 to speak directly with employees about free choice. We wanted to share some photos and video with you all from McDonald's visits that took place in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Detroit and Washington, DC.

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Video Footage from McScrooged Actions by SEIU Healthcare PA, SEIU 32BJ and SEIU Healthcare Michigan

Healthcare workers, maintenance workers, allies, staff and friends of the SEIU 32BJ and SEIU Healthcare PA went to four McDonald's restaurants to spread the word on how McD's is fighting their own workers' rights to form unions -- and the rights of millions of other Americans -- by fighting the Employee Free Choice Act. This action (in video clip below) happened at a McDonald's at 17th and Walnut -- a busy locale, and an open forum for workers fighting for their right to form a union.

SEIU Healthcare Michigan members and staff leafleted and had conversations with employees, customers and managers at three Metro-Detroit area McDonalds.

Responses from customers and passersby were very positive and expressed outrage that McDonald's is spending millions to deny their workers a voice on the job, when they could be using that money to give their employees better wages and benefits. On the flip side...reactions from employees at the locations was, for the most part, very reserved. Could this have been from the intimidation of having a manager / supervisor standing directly by each worker taking food orders and even behind the drive-thru workers?

Folks who participated in the SEIU Healthcare Michigan McScrooged actions were of the opinion that the McDonald's locations they visited knew ahead of time that they were going to protest the franchise's attempts to deny workers a voice at their workplace, due to the numerous managers and supervisors present in the restaurants. One store had six managers on duty (along with the chain's owner present).