Important victory today for fast-food workers: The National Labor Relations Board has just ruled that the McDonalds Corporation is a “joint employer” with its franchisees – potentially making the fast-food giant responsible for working conditions (including pay) at its 14,000 restaurants. McDonalds and other chains have repeatedly claimed their franchisees are responsible, not them. But the NLRB says McDonalds controls the terms of the operations of its restaurants. The implications of the ruling are significant. Not only will the McDonalds Corporation and other national chains become even more central in the movement to raise fast-food workers wages to $15 an hour; they wont be able to circumvent state and local laws by arguing (as does the International Franchise Association in a lawsuit filed in Seattle) that fast-food and other franchisees are small businesses, not subject to such laws on the same terms as big businesses.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:29:02 +0000
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