It's pretty common knowledge that Willard Scott was the first personification of Ronald McDonald, but...the whole concept needed work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PhTT3gYNGeo
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This is the grave of Joan and Ray Kroc. Ray Kroc was born in 1902 to a Czech immigrant family near Chicago. He was just an average guy for the.
Of course Trump not only eats at McDonald's, but prefers the Filet o Fish. This may actually be a greater crime than putting ketchup on steak. That is a righteously.
You may have some questions about just how McDonald's runs its franchising operations and why the company is the focus of so much attention with the NLRB's Browning decision from last week. Of course, franchising can mean a lot of different things with a number...
How could the nation have survived such a horrible outcome? It’s a good thing for pop music, honky-tonk feminism, and Canadian tax collectors that McDonald’s pays lousy wages. If the.
Willard Scott as Ronald McDonald McDonald's constant gimmicks to reinvent itself are ridiculous and hilarious. Yes, I'm sure breakfast bowls with kale are totally going to revolutionize the chain, bringing.
Yesterday's decision by National Labor Relations Board general counsel Richard Griffin declaring corporations joint employers of the workers in their franchises is a big, big deal. Couple of key rundowns from Steven Greenhouse, Alec MacGillis, and Seth Michaels. Effectively, Obama's NLRB has moved the needle...
Timothy Noah has a good run-down of wage theft in fast food and the role franchising plays in it: What’s unusual here aren’t the claims of labor law violations, which.
I shouldn't be surprised by Kevin Drum defending the McDonald's budget for its workers, but it's pretty irritating. Moreover, his defense is awful weak, as is that of Tim Lee.
That McDonald's. It's such a sweet New Gilded Age corporation, helping its employees learn how to live on its minimum wage salaries. Here's the sample budget journal: As Robyn Pennacchia notes, that $1105--that's assuming a 40-hour workweek. So McDonald's is telling you to work another...
While I guess I'm glad that McDonald's is using a certified fish that is theoretically sustainable (although I doubt it really), I don't know what karma the entire noble species.
A few labor items of note. 1. Hilda Solis is resigning as Secretary of Labor. Hard to blame her given the isolation of the Department of Labor during the Obama.