A McDonald's wage isn't going to pay for representation, so you better hope there's easy evidence to be had that what's happening to you is a policy-level schem

A McDonald's wage isn't going to pay for representation, so you better hope there's easy evidence to be had that what's happening to you is a policy-level scheme to defraud employees so you can attempt a class action. The irony is that mistreating low-level employees actually reduces litigation liability if they can't co-ordinate. The less you pay them, the less they can afford litigation, both from a time and money perspective.