Source: Today's Restaurant News
By Karen Bremer, Executive Director, Georgia Restaurant Association

A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) general counsel, which was issued on July 29, 2014 stating that McDonald’s Corporation is a joint employer of its franchisees, has brought a level of concern for both franchisors and franchisees who are curious as to how this decision could affect their businesses. The NLRB’s decision was issued in response to several cases that were filed with the NLRB involving McDonald’s.

Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Dan Chapman and Leon Stafford 

Higher-wage rallies in Atlanta have followed a predictable script - until now.

Unions or their affiliates typically gather fast-food workers outside a Burger King or an Arby’s and bull-horn their grievances to sympathizers and bewildered passersby. As street theater goes, it’s fun but ineffectual. Pay for most fast-food workers has remained stuck at $7.25 an hour since the protests began nearly two years ago.