Split NLRB Orders ALJ To Approve McDonald’s Settlements In Fair Pay Dispute

Mealey's (December 13, 2019, 10:56 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over objections by the charging parties, a split National Labor Relations Board panel on Dec. 12 ruled 2-1 to vacate an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) order that denied approval of multiple settlement agreements involving McDonald’s USA LLC, McDonald’s Restaurants of Illinois Inc. and a large number of franchisees accused of retaliating against workers involved in an organizing campaign for higher pay based on a lack of finding that McDonald’s USA was a joint employer and remanded the case to the ALJ with instructions to approve the agreements (McDonald’s USA, LLC, et al. v. Fast Food Workers Committee and Service Employees International Union, CTW, CLC, et al., Nos. 02-CA-093893 et al., NLRB)....

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