National Labor Relations Board Rules Against McDonald's in Mistreatment of Workers

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Earlier this year, we brought to you the news about some tyrant franchisee of McDonald’s who forced his team to work 25 hours in a row. And if they complained, Mr. Happy threatened to have them deported.

Labor rights advocates nationwide have never been fans of the Golden Arches because of stories like that, but now, they believe justice has been served with a side of hash browns.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just made their year by claiming that McDonald’s has been complicit in behavior like this.

According to this report by Congressional publication The Hill, NLRB general counsel Richard Griffin announced that he will issue 13 complaints involving 78 charges against franchises and McDonald’s USA, LLC.

That sound you heard was the world’s second largest franchisor choking on a Big Mac.

To be fair, as The Hill notes, many of these alleged labor violations were committed by independent franchise owners.