Tag: McDonald's

The fast food industry grossed more than $191 billion in 2013, according to Statista. (AP Photo)Â

Labor Dept. expands ‘joint employer’ definition, boosting unions

Sean Higgins · January 20, 2016 9:16 pm

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Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · January 18, 2016 12:00 pm

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Spending bill gives labor board pass on ‘joint employer’ rule

Sean Higgins · December 16, 2015 10:17 pm

Workers lost pay and sometimes their jobs as a result of the increased scrutiny, the Justice Department stated in a release issued Thursday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

McDonald’s settles with Justice over anti-immigrant policy

Nicole Duran · November 19, 2015 11:55 pm

Walmart and McDonald's write to Congress to ask for more money to fight antibiotic resistance. (AP Photo/Chris Stewart)

Major retailers join CDC to push for superbug funds

Robert King · November 18, 2015 8:52 pm

Business groups and conservative activists are taking a page from their liberal counterparts and using state-level activism, enlisting friendly legislatures to undo a federal pro-union regulation that targeted big franchise businesses such as McDonald's. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

House committee moves to rein in labor board

Sean Higgins · October 28, 2015 6:50 pm

Protesters rally for higher pay in front of a McDonald's, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Union-funded activist group ‘sole reason’ for McDonald’s complaint: Labor board

Sean Higgins · October 20, 2015 7:38 pm

Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., left, chairman of the House Education Committee, and Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., right, chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, areÂ questioning a proposed new rule by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP challenges new rules proposed by OSHA

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 9:44 pm

"The failure of respondent McDonald's to comply with the subpoenas â¦ has impeded and continues to impede the Board's prosecution of the unfair labor practices charges," said the National Labor Relations Board.Â (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

McDonald’s frustrating labor board with subpoenaed docs

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 4:01 am

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Small business owners urge lawmakers to curb NLRB

Sean Higgins · September 29, 2015 6:23 pm

Cuomo claims that taxpayers are subsidizing the fast food industry through any public assistance its workers receive from the state. (AP File Photo)

Cuomo’s $15/hour fast food folly

Chris Covucci · September 29, 2015 4:01 am

Hotel ownersÂ are worried about the NLRB's complaint against McDonald's Corp., charging that it is a "joint employer" with its franchisees and therefore legally liable for labor violations at them. (AP Photo)Â

Rein labor board, hotel lobbyists demand

Sean Higgins · September 14, 2015 4:01 am