Tag: McDonald's

The board has a complaint pending against McDonald's Corp., arguing that it is a joint employer with its franchisees, even thought an estimated 90 percent of the restaurants are privately owned. (AP)

GOP announces bill to rein in labor agency

Sean Higgins · September 9, 2015 9:04 pm

Another labor board ruling on the issue is expected later this year in a case involving McDonald's Corp. on whether franchiser companies are legal responsible for violations by franchises. (AP Photo)

Businesses lobby Democrats to clamp down on labor board

Sean Higgins · August 31, 2015 11:03 pm

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during his daily news briefing in 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Business snagging top Obama strategists

Sean Higgins · June 15, 2015 4:01 am

McDonald's Corp. has hired former White House spokesman Robert Gibbs to be its new top public relations official. (AP File Photo)

McDonald’s hires former Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2015 8:49 pm

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

What is your state’s fast food ranking?

Emilie Padgett · June 6, 2015 4:01 am

US President Obama arrives to speak at Laborfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 1, 2014. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Comrades in arms

Sean Higgins · May 18, 2015 9:00 am

People march as they protest for increased minimum wages near a McDonald's restaurant on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in the Little Havana area in Miami. Activists, fast-food workers and others are calling for increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour and allowing workers to form unions without corporate opposition, as part of nationwide demonstrations. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Unions promise whopper of a fast-food protest

Sean Higgins · April 15, 2015 9:00 am

The money primarily went to nonprofit groups and public relations firms with the aim of making the effort look like an organic, grassroots movement.

Union spent $23 million last year on higher minimum wage push

Sean Higgins · April 2, 2015 9:00 am

McDonald's is just the latest major U.S. business to announce it is increasing the minimum hourly rate it pays employees. (AP Photo)Â

McDonald’s to raise wages

Joseph Lawler · April 1, 2015 8:22 pm

The federal government has said in a major, closely watched lawsuit that McDonald's Corp. violated workers' union rights at its individual franchise restaurants. (Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)

Feds refusing to show cards in McDonald’s case

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2015 9:00 am

The National Labor Relations Board charged the McDonald's Corp. as a "joint employer" with its individual franchises in a series of unfair labor practice complaints. [AP Photo

Big biz warns NLRB ‘joint employer’ rule goes beyond franchising

Sean Higgins · March 21, 2015 9:00 am

Richard Griffin, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee September 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Lawmakers demand labor agency docs in McDonalds case

Sean Higgins · March 7, 2015 5:00 pm