USA TODAY: Labor advocates are claiming a big victory after a federal agency said Tuesday that McDonald’s central, corporate operations can be lumped in with its thousands of franchises for liability purposes.
The world’s largest fast-food chain promises to fight a National Labor Relations Board decision that it says “changes the rules for thousands of small businesses.”
“HUGE victory for labor & fast food workers!” tweeted the Service Employees International Union. The union was responding to news as relayed in a The New York Times report that McDonald’s corporate apparatus must address workers’ complaints that they were fired or disciplined for participating in protests calling for higher wages… (more)
EDITOR: If this decision is not overturned by the courts, it could be a big game changer for the franchise industry and a boost for low level employees.
