About 5 years ago

03/27/2019 - McDonald’s Halts Lobbying Against Minimum Wage Hikes

– POLITICO
Fast-food giant McDonald’s boosted congressional Democrats’ efforts to hike the minimum wage Tuesday by telling the National Restaurant Association that it will no longer participate in lobby efforts against minimum-wage hikes at the federal, state or local level.
 The New York Times
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