McDonald’s Has Friends in High Places in High-Stakes Labor Fight

By , , and Hassan Kanu | December 12, 2019

  • December 12, 2019 at 12:26 pm
    Craig Cornell says:
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    Propaganda courtesy of Insurance Journal.

    After the writer gets done saying the word “Trump” fifteen times, and always in a negative connotation, the writer finally has some space to address the actual issues at hand.

    Having followed this case for many years, here is what the writer leaves out:

    The NLRB was established to help resolve disputes between management and labor in a non-partisan way, something in everyone’s interest. Under Obama’s appointed Labor Secretary, Tom Perez, the NLRB suddenly became a far-left advocate for labor only. (Fitting, since that is who Tom Perez has always been.) Under Perez, the NLRB joined the movement to hold corporations responsible for actions of independent franchisees. Labor has always wanted this as an easy path to unionization, mandated new labor laws, higher minimum wages nationally, etc.

    The key issue in this dispute, addressed late in the article, is whether McDonald’s corporation could be held responsible for all actions of franchisees, a complete reversal of historical law on franchising. Ruling so makes the concept of a franchise almost meaningless.

    But hey, this is Insurance Journal. When you want facts, you often get leftist propaganda.

    • December 12, 2019 at 1:29 pm
      Captain Planet says:
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      Craig, you wrote, “and always in a negative connotation…”

      First reference:
      “Donald Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s Corp., he embraced a purple, lumpy denizen of the fast-food chain’s “McDonaldland” and said, “Together, Grimace, we could own this town.” – Where is the negativity? It’s simply talking about the commercial.

      Second reference:
      “President Trump’s appointees are poised to deliver a high-stakes political victory for McDonald’s in one of the most important labor disputes in decades.” – Again, still looking for the negative connotation. Is this not a fact stated in a sentence void of bias?

      Third reference:
      “Trump’s appointees to the board could effectively relieve the company of responsibility. Such a victory, which eluded McDonald’s during Obama’s presidency, could help the fast-food giant close a bruising chapter in its history that imperiled its valuable brand as well as the franchise structure it’s built on.” – Man alive, I cannot find the negative connotation.

      Are you just reading into these because you believe Insurance Journal has some sort of political leaning?

      • December 12, 2019 at 1:58 pm
        Craig Cornell says:
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        Oh, now you want to pull a Rosenblatt and parse words instead of dealing with the point I made about how biased the entire article was. Welcome, Captain Rosenblatt.

        P.S. “relieved of responsibility” sounds like the writer thinks McDonald’s should be responsible.
        Citing Trump’s affinity for junk food isn’t exactly high praise. And this isn’t a “political” victory for McDonald’s. It is a legal victory. Except for biased, left-wing writers.

        Boy, this word parsing is boring . . .

        • December 12, 2019 at 2:00 pm
          Jon says:
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          You made a false statement, he called you on it. What’s parsing words about that? Maybe tell fewer lies?

        • December 12, 2019 at 2:00 pm
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          Craig – since you ghosted me in another thread AND now brought me up, I’m reposting this here and in another article in hopes you can reply to ensure you don’t falsely attack my morality again:

          So you now comprehend I said multiple times that I’d warn my family about marijuana risks, right? Seriously. That’s sunk in now, correct? Or do I need to list EVERY.SINGLE.RISK that we’ve EVER discussed before you stop saying BS like ‘according to rosenblatts morality, we shouldn’t warn people about pot risks’?

        • December 12, 2019 at 3:22 pm
          Captain Planet says:
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          Craig wrote, “Citing Trump’s affinity for junk food isn’t exactly high praise.”

          It isn’t anything, it’s a fact. His diet is based on it and he serves it to national championship teams. At least, the few teams who decide to accept the invitation.

          • December 12, 2019 at 5:25 pm
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            And it is completely irrelevant to the topic, other than to bash Trump, and make it seem that he is somehow putting his thumb on the scales because he likes McDonald’s fries.

          • December 13, 2019 at 7:54 am
            confused says:
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            title = McDonald’s Has Friends in High Places

            craig = trump liking mcdonalds is completely irrelevant to the topic

          • December 13, 2019 at 11:44 am
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            Writer is biased in presenting only one side of the issue.

            confused agrees, citing both the headline and the stupid reference to Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s. (Hey, didn’t Bubba love fast food too? By golly, he did. Maybe Bill Clinton supported this decision too!)

          • December 13, 2019 at 12:08 pm
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            article only presents one side of the issue? what about when it said

            There’s no evidence that Trump has personally intervened in the NLRB’s McDonald’s case. or when it quoted the guy who said “The company traditionally invites officials from the current administration to discuss topics relevant to the business—and did the same during the Obama administration,”

            that is just one side of the issue to you?

          • December 13, 2019 at 1:18 pm
            Craig Cornell says:
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            I have said before and I will be redundant: your on-line name is perfect.

            “There is no evidence that Trump has personally intervened . . .”

            Then WHY even mention it? Of course Presidents don’t personally intervene in every little dispute. The Executive Branch is HUGE.

            The only reason to mention it is to suggest the possibility. Would it be surprising if Obama had personally intervened in this case? Of course, shocking in fact. You leave these small things to staff. The President has much bigger fish to fry (pun intended).

          • December 13, 2019 at 1:41 pm
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            ok. so what about the obama quote that shows what they did with trump was done with a democratic president too. is that still only one side of the story being presented?

    • December 12, 2019 at 1:48 pm
      Common Sense says:
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      Craig, I haven’t seen many articles from IJ that praised the President for his overwhelming success in resurrecting the economy, lowering taxes, getting rid of partisan left leaning regulations. Before he came into power, the EPA was churning out thousands of regulations designed to hurt the economy. Now, the remnants of that bureaucracy is very quiet.

      • December 12, 2019 at 2:23 pm
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        Agent,
        You’ll find all sorts of that 8-second sound bite biased propaganda on Fox News. Just go there. Before you came along, the IJ never had the political lyric, so of course you aren’t going to find right wing propaganda out here. Or left wing, for that matter.

        • December 12, 2019 at 3:36 pm
          Common Sense says:
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          The real propaganda rests with CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS and ABC. Those are the purveyors of lies. We can tell which ones you prefer.

          • December 12, 2019 at 3:53 pm
            Captain Planet says:
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            Evidently, you can’t tell because I don’t get my news from TV at all. Except for the local weather and news stories on my local 30 minute morning spot while I’m preparing lunches for my girls, feeding the dog, and making my coffee.

          • December 12, 2019 at 4:01 pm
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            Are you actually a real person or are you just actively trying to troll as hard as you can? I really wonder sometimes how someone can exist in the kind of bubble you must, Agent.

      • December 12, 2019 at 2:31 pm
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        Andrew only takes your posts down when you make blatantly anti-Catholic statements, Perplexed. There’s no place for bigotry on the Insurance Journal. Civil disagreement is generally acceptable.

    • December 12, 2019 at 1:59 pm
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      Craig – since you ghosted me in another thread, I’m reposting this here in hopes you can reply to ensure you don’t falsely attack my morality again:

      So you now comprehend I said multiple times that I’d warn my family about marijuana risks, right? Seriously. That’s sunk in now, correct? Or do I need to list EVERY.SINGLE.RISK that we’ve EVER discussed before you stop saying BS like ‘according to rosenblatts morality, we shouldn’t warn people about pot risks’?

      • December 12, 2019 at 2:43 pm
        Craig Cornell says:
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        Marijuana doesn’t cause schizophrenia.

        • December 12, 2019 at 3:37 pm
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          typos fixed: as much as unprotected sex causes STD’s

        • December 12, 2019 at 4:04 pm
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          I don’t understand why I was deleted, shouldn’t we be celebrating? CRAIG ADMITTED TO BEING WRONG YOU GUYS. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED. I’d like to thank CP, and Rosenblatt, and Andrew, and flawedlogic and helpingout and everyone who helped make this possible. I can’t believe the day has finally come. I told myself I wasn’t going to cry!

          But no seriously, it took weeks and weeks of multiple people pushing evidence on you, arguing tooth and nail for you to FINALLY acknowledge the above fact. You haven’t admitted you were wrong, that you were lying or actively spreading misinformation for months (you were) but it’s SOMETHING. The truth has finally come out, you did it buddy you actually admitted to being wrong in SOMETHING. The hard part is over, maybe now you can actually start to be okay with being wrong. I know, it’s a LOT and there are MANY things you’re wrong about, but we all deal with this sometimes, it’s being human! You cut off your ability to allow yourself to be wrong for so long, there’s got to be some relief here, am I right?

          • December 12, 2019 at 4:05 pm
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            I feel like running through the streets yelling Merry Christmas. You better believe I’m taking screencaps. I might get one framed.

        • December 12, 2019 at 4:38 pm
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          Craig – So you now comprehend I said multiple times that I’d warn my family about marijuana risks, right? Seriously. That’s sunk in now, correct?

          I’ve asked you this ~10 times and none of your responses have answered it yet.

          • December 12, 2019 at 5:26 pm
            Craig Cornell says:
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            Which risks are you referring to?

          • December 13, 2019 at 7:52 am
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            Can you not put one and one together and come up with two?

            Watch….

            (1) I’ve already told you multiple times that I would warn my family about the risks of marijuana.

            (1) I’ve already agreed here and in other articles that there’s a risk which associates schizophrenia with marijuana use

            1 + 1 = 2

            Are you REALLY demanding I say “I would warn my family of the risks” and then list EVERY.SINGLE.RISK that we’ve EVER discussed?

          • December 13, 2019 at 8:12 am
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            I warn my family about the risks of eating McDonald’s. Or, any fast food for that matter.

          • December 13, 2019 at 12:05 pm
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            Type 2 and obesity, which can lead to organ failure and death. You are what you eat.

            I’m done talking to you about THC. I’m just so done with your misinformation and crusade. I’ll continue to steer my loved ones away from intoxicants, including MJ. And, believe an adult should be allowed the freedom to choose whether or not he/she wants to ingest that intoxicant because it is far less harmful than other legal substances and prescription drugs available to them now. Though, certainly not without risk. It’s an intoxicant, after all. Peace Craig, and Merry Christmas.

          • December 13, 2019 at 12:09 pm
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            You again show you are not competent regarding cannabis and use bias and not credible sources to try and prove your point. The permanent claim are for those who are predisposed. People have already shown your studies prove you are misleading with your statements, but you don’t care because of your personal experience that caused your current bias you mix into all studies.

            Now the fast food claim: Long-term effects of eating junk food
            Eating a poor quality diet high in junk food is linked to a higher risk of obesity, depression, digestive issues, heart disease and stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and early death. And as you might expect, frequency matters when it comes to the impact of junk food on your health. – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4772793/
            Seems like there are dangers people should know about for fast food, but that is just what the science says from credible sources, but who cares, that one is okay for personal responsibility right?

          • December 13, 2019 at 1:21 pm
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            Wrong again. 1. A famous Swedish study established that no predisposition was required. 2. Schizophrenia’s onset is very complicated, requiring several genes and environmental/social factors that are unique to each individual.

            Saying that a “predispostion” is required is pointless. Almost no one knows if they have or do not have a predisposition, even if family members were schizophrenic.

            Meaning? It doesn’t matter either way. THC can truly ruin your life.

            But you keep spreading misinformation.

          • December 13, 2019 at 1:45 pm
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            “A famous Swedish study established that no predisposition was required” Citation requested for review, please.

            Also, are you still trying to get me to say “I would warn my family of the risks” and then list EVERY.SINGLE.RISK that we’ve EVER discussed before you stop attacking my morality and falsely claiming I would not tell my family about the risks of using marijuana?

          • December 13, 2019 at 2:52 pm
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            Craig spreads misinformation frequently and will not cite his sources, but will paraphrase instead and tell people to look it up themselves. Not how you competently debate just an FYI.

            I spread no false information, but I did correct your misleading statements. Happy to help you learn something!

          • December 13, 2019 at 3:00 pm
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            “A famous swedish study” you linked to a study from Sweden from the 80s that literally no other scientific journal or study references. Yeah, sorry, not super trustworthy when there are plenty of studies done in the last three years that disagree.

            Is predisposition pointless in breast cancer? Or many other diseases that now we can determine if a person will get later in life? No, it’s not. You’re just trying to argue an anti-marijuana agenda by any means necessary. We all know this, Craig. You’re not saying anything new or bringing anything new to the table, you’re just an angry old conservative who thinks because he doesn’t like something no one should be able to do it. That’s not the way the world works, boomer.

  • December 12, 2019 at 12:37 pm
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    McDonald’s sucks. Garbage in, garbage out.

    • December 12, 2019 at 2:02 pm
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      their coffee is decent if you’re ever in a pinch, and their sausage, egg and cheese McGriddle is awesome if your cholesterol is low enough to tolerate it.

      Alas, gone are the days of me eating 2 Big Macs for dinner because Mrs Ralph wants me to live past my 40’s. Getting old sucks…0/10, do not recommend.

      • December 13, 2019 at 8:14 am
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        ralph,
        When it comes to fast food, I practice risk avoidance. I have heard their coffee is good, but I’ll just have to take others’ word for it. I won’t be spending my hard-earned money at the Golden Arches.

    • December 12, 2019 at 5:51 pm
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      Sure did enjoy my McGriddle this morning with syrup. They sure beat Chipotle’s which has a reputation of making people sick.

      • December 12, 2019 at 6:51 pm
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        The award for comment that has nothing to do with anything goes to your random Chipotle aside. You are totally the exact type of person I would expect to start every day with a McGriddle though.

      • December 12, 2019 at 9:18 pm
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        And Agent with his Chipotle comments again…as if anyone here cares about Chipotle. Agent, if you don’t like to eat there, don’t. They don’t care and neither do we.

        • December 19, 2019 at 2:16 pm
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          Ditto on the “if you don’t like to eat there, don’t. They don’t care and neither do we”

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          McDonald’s sucks. Garbage in, garbage out.

  • December 13, 2019 at 9:12 am
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    “Trump’s fondness for McDonald’s is no secret. During his 2016 campaign, it was part of his standard fare; one order consisted of “two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted,” wrote his former campaign aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie in their 2017 book, Let Trump Be Trump.”

    That explains his obesity and his obesity explains why I warn my kids about eating this trash. Seriously, 4 sandwiches and a shake? Craig, this is more than enjoying their fries. This is a problem.

    • December 13, 2019 at 11:52 am
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      Please, one of SNL’s best sketches was mocking Clinton in a McDonald’s.

      • December 13, 2019 at 11:58 am
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        Phil Hartman was a comedic genius. I’m not saying he wrote that skit (maybe he did – I honestly don’t know), but he nailed that sketch.

    • December 19, 2019 at 1:27 pm
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      Filet-O-Fish??? That might be the grossest thing I know about the guy.

  • December 13, 2019 at 11:40 am
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    *grimace*



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