• flathead@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    McDonald’s sent its own letter to its restaurant system on Monday, which was viewed by CNBC. Responding to the bill, the company said it and other franchisee groups “worked tirelessly over the past year to fight these policies and protect Owner/Operators’ ability to make decisions for their businesses locally and protect their restaurants and their crew.

    Our very-well-paid lobbyists are frantically schmoozing to bribe donate to whoever will take our money to vote to protect our crew from these egregious wage increases.

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      1 year ago

      mcdonalds is basically a real estate investment company that sells hamburgers… it’s that business that stands to take a hit if their franchisees start failing because they, too, are greedy af.

      a fair wage and fair menu prices work elsewhere. but not in the good o’ u.s. of a.