PRIMETIMER – According to the People’s Union USA activist group, the American nationwide boycott of McDonald’s will begin on August 1, 2025.
The one-month protest is part of a larger movement that is singling out major corporations over issues including their tax practices, the wages they pay workers, and the diversity policies they have in place.
The boycott is being led by The People’s Union USA, a grassroots progressive organization established by activist John Schwarz.
The group, which has more than 500,000 followers on Instagram, and other allied organizations have previously organized calls for boycotts at companies like Amazon, Walmart, and Target, and nationwide economic blackout protests.
“The mission of The People’s Union USA is to hold corporations and corrupt systems accountable, not with violence or empty promises, but with the one thing that actually affects them, the money we spend,” Schwarz told The Arizona Republic.
The boycott leaders have outlined a number of critical matters that are central to their campaign against McDonald’s.
According to a report by Newsweek, critics argue that the fast-food giant has been using legal but unsavory tactics to reduce its federal tax bills.
Worker pay is another key battleground, with McDonald’s repeatedly coming under fire for fighting minimum wage increases despite generating healthy corporate profits, as well as for being accused of actively discouraging unionizing efforts among its employees …
