Mickey D "clowns" transwoman out of a job

[peggygee]

Mickey D "clowns" transwoman out of a job

On July 10, 2009, 17-year-old Zikerria Bellamy applied online for a job at McDonald's. On July 28, after one of McDonald's managers learned that Zikerria is transgender, he left her this message about her job application.

YouTube- Zikerria Bellamy McDonald's Voicemail Message, July 28, 2009

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCXOCsfl5Js[/ame]


Interesting, it seems as if McDonald's is in the news from time to time on a trans-related story:

There was picketing back in 2008 when Mickey D wrote a 20,000 check in support of the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69996

Then there was "Fight Night at a Memphis McDonald's", with a group of transgendered individuals being involved in an altercation at a Memphis McDonald's http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/...his_mcdon.html

[carmencream]

I saw this on youtube a few weeks ago,now that was plain out ridiculous,even if she lied or not that was a terrible thing for a manager to leave on her phone so unprofessional , I don't really blame Mcdonalds I blame the manager hopefully he was fired and they will step up and the young lady will be compensated for her embarrassment

[DirtySouth]

Yeah, that was stupid to say something like that on VM like you're Al Capone and you're gonna get away with it.

He should be shark bait in court, I dont think they can or should go after McDonalds. They can't control one manager's remarks, they can only fire him.

[nycguy]

True indeed! But! If she knowingly gave false statements on her application, They have cause not to hire her. And before the bleeding heart liberals start to ranting. The message also makes the assumption that she lied about her age as well.

On another related note. When can a transgendered female rightfully aknowledge themselves as females on legal documents? I'm assuming shorty was not legally empowered to do so.

[bigdicki]

True indeed! But! If she knowingly gave false statements on her application, They have cause not to hire her. And before the bleeding heart liberals start to ranting. The message also makes the assumption that she lied about her age as well.

On another related note. When can a transgendered female rightfully aknowledge themselves as females on legal documents? I'm assuming shorty was not legally empowered to do so.

I'm not liberal or conservative... just real. If it can be proven that this is a pattern of behaviour (meaning other folks got fired or not hired) across the McDonald's franchise (if this was a franchised location) or corporate, the respective entity will be settling out of court. There are plenty of cases you hear little or nothing about where firms settle out of court, and often admit no wrongdoing, in cases where there is discrimination.

[peggygee]

True indeed! But! If she knowingly gave false statements on her application, They have cause not to hire her. And before the bleeding heart liberals start to ranting. The message also makes the assumption that she lied about her age as well.

On another related note. When can a transgendered female rightfully aknowledge themselves as females on legal documents? I'm assuming shorty was not legally empowered to do so.

New York, New York — Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today filed a Complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations against an Orlando McDonald's restaurant for refusing to hire 17-year-old Zikerria Bellamy because she is transgender

Tell Mayor McCheese that we will see him in court.

McDonald’s Corporation and its independent franchisees are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/work/careers.html

In Florida, while no law explicitly addresses discrimination based on gender identity, administrative agencies in Florida have ruled that transgender people are protected by the Florida Civil Rights Act’s prohibitions on sex and disability discrimination. The Competitive Workforce Bill, which would add gender identity and sexual orientation to the Florida Civil Rights Act, was introduced in the Florida legislature on November 20

[peggygee]

This just in:

In a bid to corner the billion dollar burger market, "The King" is
pictured here in an apparent drive-by on "The Clown".




There has been no word from "Wendy" who has apeared to have gone
into hiding while the burger wars play out.

We will keep you apprised of the story as it develops.

[DirtySouth]

True indeed! But! If she knowingly gave false statements on her application, They have cause not to hire her. And before the bleeding heart liberals start to ranting. The message also makes the assumption that she lied about her age as well.

On another related note. When can a transgendered female rightfully aknowledge themselves as females on legal documents? I'm assuming shorty was not legally empowered to do so.

Yeah, well she initiating it. She was in the wrong about lying about her sex and age.......BUT!

All ol' boy had to do was keep it professional and tell her she could not have the job because she lied on an application. By taking the further step and putting his personal views into it, he is now going to be unemployed and she is possibly going to get a settlement of some sort by blaming McDonalds or suing the manager in civil court.

[peggygee]

Yeah, well she initiating it. She was in the wrong about lying about her sex and age.......BUT!

All ol' boy had to do was keep it professional and tell her she could not have the job because she lied on an application. By taking the further step and putting his personal views into it, he is now going to be unemployed and she is possibly going to get a settlement of some sort by blaming McDonalds or suing the manager in civil court.

To deny her employment because she lied about her age or even a criminal
background if she had one, and was asked is one thing. And we all know that
there are teen-agers under 18 working at Mickey D's, at the most she would
have been required to produce parental consent, or working papers.

She may have been reluctant to do so because those papers might have had
her birth name and gender on them, which is why I strongly encourage women
to have their documents be congruent in name and gender with who they are
and present as.

However, to deny her employment because she allegedly lied about her
gender won't fly.

The woman in question identifies as female, and barring a physical
examination to the contrary, which we know McDonald's does not do, then
they were in the wrong for denying her employment based on gender
discrepancies.

In actuality I don't feel that McDonald's at a corporate level discriminated
against this woman, but it is one of our own, a transphobic Black person
that is responsible for this heinous and egregious act.

However, they will be one of the litigants in the case.

[TVSURFER]

In actuality I don't feel that McDonald's at a corporate level discriminated
against this woman, but it is one of our own, a transphobic Black person
that is responsible for this heinous and egregious act.

As far as you singling out the manager as a black trans-phobic person, you are just as bad as the manager with your statement about my race. Whether he was black, Middle Easterner, or whatever, you haven’t the right to inject race into this incident; the manager (caller) was wrong for doing what he did and the color of his skin had nothing to with this. That was your own personal sentiment. You're taking your advocacy beyond its bounds and being very duplicitous in what you're really trying to achieve.

The initial application is the first phase of gaining employment, anywhere! I know the application stated if the person was male or female; check the box or fill in the blank; whether the person is transgendered or not, there is still a factor to be considered on the application if it is duly stated; the person is a male or female, and if the application calls for gender, then the correct gender should be given. Most applications will state if the applicant has based all the answers in truth. To finalize the application, an employer will ask a young person for validation of age by a birth certificate, state identification or valid driver’s license. I had to bail a t-girl out of lockup and she asked me over the phone to ask for her by her male name, so that type of information on an employment application shouldn't be questionable. That is if the person really wants the job. Plus, the person should known that in the first place!
If the applicant is insecure about themselves, that’s their problem; they should not have given false information. They were still born either male or female.
NO employer has the right to physically inspect an applicant, i.e. asks the applicant to disrobe to check their gender, but they can ASK in confidence to supplement the initial application for genuineness and that is usually done in the interview. The applicant must respond that all questions on the application were answered in truth. Herein lays the basis of the person getting the job or not getting the job! The whole process shouldn’t be born of speculation, the application speaks for itself!
The manager of the McDonald’s is supposed to be an impartial intermediary for the parent company; all he is supposed to do is what he is trained to do: Interview probable employees. The information he was given was in strict confidence and under the laws confidentiality he was not supposed to use any of an applicant’s information for any other purpose. When the manager did so, McDonald’s can prove he did it on his own volition, because the initial application stands on its own. He made it personal when he called the number on the application and called the person an abject insult; which means if the person got the job, and he was the person’s supervisor or managing supervisor, there can or could be instances of ostracizing or blatant discrimination because of his personal view of gay and or transgendered people. He can lose his job under that suspect and he’ll have to prove that he is not that type of person if he chooses to sue for damages or to retain his employment with the company
McDonald’s as the corporate entity which oversees all of its operations cannot be liable because they hired the manager or they condoned his employment under their franchisee provisions of contract; in his interview as a [franchisee] manager it was made known that the brand does not discriminate, period and no doubt their corporate review entails if he, as a employee of the McDonald’s Corporation, has any prejudicial views towards anyone! McDonald’s can prove that it doesn’t discriminate based on their record alone; it is a worldwide brands the same as Coca Cola or Pepsi. They will throw all of their legal muscle at this, if it ever makes it to Federal Court and they will prove the manager did this on his own!
The manager will lose his job because he besmirched the corporate brand with his perverse, personal views of individuals and the applicant will not get the job, because they lied on the initial application