“The Black owner of 14 McDonald’s franchises in Ohio says one of the world’s largest restaurant chains has shown more favorable treatment to white owners and denied him the opportunity to buy restaurants in more affluent communities, according…
“A former Major League Baseball player-turned-McDonald’s franchise owner sued the fast-food giant on Tuesday, alleging it pushed him out of numerous locations with corporate practices that amounted to racial discrimination. Herb Washington, who played for the Oakland A’s…
“CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Black businessman who owns McDonald’s restaurants in Cleveland sued the fast-food chain Tuesday, claiming it steered him to underperforming, inner-city markets while his white colleagues thrived in the suburbs. Attorneys for Herbert Washington, a…
“Herb Washington, a former Oakland Athletics player who built the country’s largest Black-owned McDonald’s franchise operation, filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing the fast-food giant of systemic racial discrimination for its pattern of steering Black owners into restaurants in…
“CLEVELAND (AP) — The Black owner of 14 McDonald’s franchises says the company has shown more favorable treatment to white owners and denied him the opportunity to buy restaurants in more affluent communities, according to a civil rights…
“In alleged retaliation for speaking out against unfair treatment of Black store owners, Herb Washington, one of the America’s greatest African-American business success stories said he is seeing his hard work dismantled by the McDonald’s fast-food corporation. And…