McDonalds' wage announcement is in part about a massive legal battle with consequences for the whole fast food industry

Posted on AllSides April 2nd, 2015
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McDonald's announced Wednesday it was raising the wages for tens of thousands of McDonald's workers nationwide. But the company didn't just announce the feel-good news that it's giving workers higher pay, not to mention paid leave — it also pointed out that its high-profile wage hike will only affect workers at the 10 percent of its stores that are company-owned.

The company emphasized in its press release that the other 90 percent of stores wouldn't be affected, as Vox reported yesterday — "The more than 3,100 McDonald's franchisees operate their...

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