This post is part of an ongoing of series on the fast food organizing movement. You can read all our Fast Food News here. After Wal-Mart’s announcement that it will increase their starting hourly wage to $9 in April, some believe that McDonald’s will be unable... More »
This post is part of an ongoing of series on the fast food organizing movement. You can read all our Fast Food News here. Politico and The Hill report that The International Franchising Association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Hotel & Lodgin... More »
This post is part of an ongoing of series on the fast food organizing movement. You can read all our Fast Food News here. The Wall Street Journal reports that McDonald’s Chief Executive Don Thompson will step down as president and CEO, less than three years in... More »
This post is part of an ongoing of series on the fast food organizing movement. You can read all our Fast Food News here. Al Jazeera America reports that the fast food industry could adjust to a $15 per hour federal minimum wage without cutting jobs, according... More »
The Guardian has written an article exploring OnLabor guest Heather Whitney’s post on McDonald’s plans to create a charitable partnership as a strategy to draw in millennial consumers who have fled the brand in recent years. However, Whitney advoca... More »
This post is part of an ongoing of series on the fast food organizing movement. You can read all our Fast Food News here. McDonald’s announced that it will be laying off 63 workers at its Illinois headquarters as part of a cost cutting strategy. According to C... More »
This afternoon, the NLRB announced that it has issued complaints against McDonald’s franchisees and their franchisor, McDonald’s USA, LLC, as joint employers. In total, the NLRB issued 13 complaints involving 78 charges against franchises and McDonald’s USA, L... More »
The New York Times has initiated a new series entitled “The Decline of Work,” which today takes a particular focus on the unemployment of men between the ages of 25 and 54. According to the Times, in the 1960s, roughly 5% of men did not work, but that number i... More »
This post is part of an ongoing of series on the fast food organizing movement. You can read all our Fast Food News here. Bloomberg reports that McDonald’s is facing its worst U.S. sales slump since 2001, posting a 4.6 percent drop in U.S. same-store sales for... More »
Today, thousands of fast food workers in roughly 190 cities nationwide are walking off the job demanding an industry-wide base wage of $15 per hour and the right to form a union. According to Al Jazeera, today’s action may be the largest work stoppage in the h... More »
This post is part of an ongoing of series on the fast food organizing movement. You can read all our Fast Food News here. According to Bloomberg, fast food workers have announced that they will walk off the job at restaurants in 160 cities on Dec. 4. This Thur... More »
This post is part of an ongoing of series on the fast food organizing movement. You can read all our Fast Food News here. Bloomberg Law reports that National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard Griffin told House Education and the Workforce Committee... More »
February 24th, 2015