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