I do not find this in itself cruel. However, they spend the last few days of their lives with very little room to move. It was not shown that cattle or pigs which are used to produce the Plaintiffs' food are frequently still fully conscious when they have their throats cut. This is a cruel practice for which the Plaintiffs are culpably responsible. They are at work in the evenings and at weekends, doing long shifts in hot, smelly, noisy environments.
Wages are low and chances of promotion minimal. . . .
McDonald's has a policy of preventing unionisation by getting rid of pro-union workers. So far this has succeeded everywhere in the world except Sweden, and in Dublin after a long struggle.