Stop boycotting Starbucks, McD’s, plead outlets’ current, former workers

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As the boycott persists, employees share their hardships amid declining sales, shedding light on their impact beyond corporate losses.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/03/23/stop-boycotting-starbucks-mcds-plead-outlets-current-former-workers/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/03/23/henti-boikot-starbucks-mcdonalds-rayu-pekerja/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Starbucks #McDonalds #Boycott

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00:00 [Music]

00:02 The boycotts need to stop.

00:04 This is what present and former employees of Starbucks and McDonald's in Malaysia are calling for

00:10 as their livelihoods have been severely impacted by it.

00:13 FFT spoke to three people, all of whom were provided with pseudonyms,

00:17 as they did not wish to reveal their identities.

00:20 University student Erika lost her part-time job at Starbucks due to plummeting sales at her outlet.

00:26 She said the sudden loss of income was not only difficult for her,

00:30 but for other employees that were let off as they were left with no job or money.

00:35 To make ends meet, Erika is now forced to attend all of her classes online while working full-time at another job.

00:42 Sarah, a Starbucks employee, said, though she believes the company has no ties with Israel through its repeated statements,

00:49 she no longer actively promotes Starbucks products to her friends to avoid backlash.

00:54 Meanwhile, Farha, who has worked at a McDonald's outlet for close to four years now,

00:59 said it upsets her to see people being let go due to declining sales.

01:03 She said in most outlets, including her own, around 95% of the workers are Muslims,

01:09 highlighting that the boycott has inevitably caused hardship for fellow Muslims in Malaysia.

01:15 (upbeat music)

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