Mealey's (January 24, 2020, 1:02 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The general counsel and a fast food franchisor filed oppositions Jan. 21 and 22, respectively, asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to deny a motion by two labor unions to reopen the record and stay a Dec. 12 order in which an NLRB panel 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 because there is no showing of “extraordinary circumstances” (McDonald’s USA, LLC, et al. and Fast Food Workers Committee, et al., Nos. 02-CA-093893, 04-CA-125567, 13-CA-106490, 20-CA-132103, 25-CA-114819 and 31-CA-127447, NLRB)....