So, there's usually a distinction between McDonald's, the owning franchise, or, I guess, the brand, and all of the franchisees. But why are they lumped together in this?
While franchisees were right to put off remodeling to ensure they weren't distracted from efficiently running their restaurants, the domestic business was in dire need of a significant revamp, he says.
The workers and franchisees who've long complained about low hourly wages and poor working conditions in campaigns such as Fight for $15 have generally taken a dim view of Easterbrook's overhaul.
在“Fight for $15”等活动中,长期抱怨计时工资低、工作条件差的工人和营对伊斯布鲁克的改革普遍持悲观态度。
Unions are very, very happy about what the NLRB did, because it means that it gives them much more leverage pressure against - against McDonald's and its franchisees.
What's really gotten under McDonald's and the business community's skin is the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board is saying McDonald's is a joint employer with its franchisees.