Chicago Tribune: More than 600 business organizations, from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Apple to McDonald’s, have sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner pressing him to move on immigration legislation this year. Boehner and GOP leaders unveiled
NEW YORK (AP) — Egg McMuffin, meet the Waffle Taco. Taco Bell is readying for the launch of its national breakfast menu on March 27, with items such as the A.M. Crunchwrap designed to appeal to its fan base of
Singer Miley Cyrus may have thumbed her nose at critics of her risqué Bangerz tour, but parents and concerned citizen groups are still weighing in on what many see as a performer who is evolving into a symbol of cultural
Singer Miley Cyrus has heard those who think her current Bangerz tour is too risque for her younger fans. To that the singer is essentially saying, “let them eat french fries.” The tongue-wagging singer sent out a pair of tweets
The recent Congressional Budget Office Report confirms raising the minimum wage in line with inflation to $8.25 is the best course. It would likely not create much additional unemployment, still put billions of dollars in the pockets of the working
Promising to address inequality and strengthen the middle class, President Obama’s State of the Union combined sound and foolish proposals, laced with good old fashioned demagoguery. Despite nearly five years of economic recovery, the fortunes of working Americans have decidedly
It is astounding that after decades of empirical evidence, there continues to exist misguided minds who fail to understand simple supply and demand and how these forces shape the minimum wage debate. Numerous studies across different times and locations have
Ronald McDonald is not too happy with his employee website, McResource Line, after not-so-burger-friendly comments were posted to the website. One of the posts “showed a meal of a burger, fries and soda – McDonald’s staples – and labeled it as an
The union organized fast food walkout Thursday turns out to have been heavy on the walking and light on the “out.” In New York at least, there was a group of about 100-150 who walked from one restaurant to another.
Fast food workers organized by the SEIU are on strike today to demand a $15 an hour wage. Activists are also seeking to unionize workers and to bring attention to the push for a higher minimum wage nationwide. Protests began
(AP) Kentucky is No. 1 in preseason pollBy GARY B. GRAVESAP Sports WriterLEXINGTON, Ky.Every time Kentucky coach John Calipari starts to praise his latest crop of talented freshmen, he’s just as quick to point out that it is a work
Political pendulums swing. After a certain number of years where there is political dominance by one party or another, it is not unusual in our system for voters to grow restless and want change. Our nation’s largest and most influential
In a Huffington Post op-ed penned by Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) on Labor Day, the congresswoman blasted McDonald’s CEO Donald Thompson, “one of corporate America’s most successful African Americans,” for making too much money. Schakowsky attended a protest in favor of
On Thursday, thousands of fast food employees and allied union members walked off the job and protested in cities across the country. They were agitating for a hike in the minimum wage, from the current $7.25 an hour to $15
Ed Rensi, former President and CEO of McDonald’s, faces off with MSNBC host Chris Hayes in his crusade for a $15/hr “living wage” in the restaurant industry.
With a scattering of fast food workers waging a media-friendly strike in some parts of the country over the minimum wage, the left-wing Huffington Post waded into the debate Monday with a headline that read, “Doubling McDonald’s Salaries Would Cause
Monday the Huffington Post published an analysis of McDonald’s payroll by a University of Kansas undergrad who pulled the wrong figures from the companies annual financial report and came up with a false conclusion. Huff Post has since corrected the
According to a New York Post columnist, the McDonald’s Mcdouble may be the healthiest food you can get for cheap. Post columnist Kyle Smith argued that the McDouble has 390 calories but is loaded with 23 grams of protein, 7
On Thursday, NBC News reported that fast-food workers are upset with their level of pay. “They work for some of the biggest businesses in the United States, yet they are among the country’s lowest-paid workers,” wept Barbara Raab, senior producer
Burger King’s twitter was hacked and replaced with McDonalds and guess who is taking credit for it? You guessed it, Anonymous. Responsible for several high profile hacks they appear to be at it again, messing with the folks at Burger
HEMET, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) — Two men were arrested in Hemet, Calif., for allegedly stealing cooking grease from a McDonald’s restaurant, police said. The suspects, identified as Noel Portillo, 22, and Ricardo Robles, 24, were arrested early Friday at
Note to Michelle: don’t mess with the Golden Arches. Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last week, where she told Leno that after winning her medal, she “splurged on an Egg McMuffin
Here is what to keep an eye on on Wednesday in the presidential race. Of note: Illegal immigrants under 30 years of age who meet certain requirements can apply for work and residency permanents starting on Wednesday. Obama’s executive action
You’ve gotta feel sorry for Jesse Jackson; his time is so far gone, people don’t even remember when his time was. He reminds me a little of Willie Mays playing for the Mets in 1973–the best all-round baseball player who
Occupy Wall Street has often been compared to the Tea Party; I think it’s usually meant as an insult. By comparing the grass roots protest of the Tea Party to the amalgam of radicals at Occupy, they can diminish the
A fight over an order at a Manhattan McDonald’s lead to a cashier to use a metal rod to brutally beat two female customers inside a Greenwich Village McDonald’s. This video is graphic.
Morgan Spurlock exploded on the American pop culture scene as the star, writer, and director of the humorous documentary “Super Size Me” in 2003. In that film, he ingeniously shined a spotlight on the epidemic of obesity and the rampant
Why has the Food Safety Modernization Act (S510) encountered opposition from the Tea Partiers and their unlikely ally, the hippy, natural food, organic farmer, granola crowd? Look at the history of the FDA and see if they truly have the
McDonalds Corp. conducted its much-publicized one-day, national hiring event Tuesday. Seeking to hire up to 50,000 employees, both full-time and part-time, the fast-food giant and its franchisees state that, while many of the jobs are of the minimum wage variety,
The loud clanging alarm clock went off promptly at 6:00 a.m. as it always did. I hopped off my government-issue twin mattress right away. As an unmarried single dweller, I’m not permitted to own a queen-size mattress, and concealing a
Something HUGE happened Tuesday… No, not the shift in power in the House or the Republican gains in the Senate, this wasn’t done be the voters. No, the big story is… …San Francisco banned the Happy Meal. The new law
“…to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.” John Adams, Samuel Adams and James Bowdoin, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1780 In a blatantly unconstitutional move, the Feds have let McDonalds off the
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets100810.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed In today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the unexpected unemployment figures, what the waiver of McDonalds and other companies
He also says that Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich are America’s Taliban and their bigotry is un-American. At long last, Mr. Moore, have you no decency?
As the Federal Election Commission (FEC) scans the political landscape scrutinizing tea party activist and most every other citizen who participates in this year’s federal elections, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) got a “a get out of jail free
As we mentioned in our last article, the prevalence of the Triple Bottom Line philosophy is signaling a changing paradigm, a time of transformation. Our question, then, is this: What exactly are we transforming into? The knee-jerk answer might be
Daily Mail: McDonald’s said the ad was intended to show that it welcomed people from all walks of life.
Many fine Republicans argue we should privatize Social Security. Just like George Bush – they are right. They are noble. They are dust. The last time we mentioned it, we found our ass booted around our neck. An obscene daisy.
[youtube oAE3sGQpD14 nolink] — NewsBusters: Cameron claims “Great wealth makes me uncomfortable,” and he has a track record of producing “quasi-Marxist epic[s],” as Newsweek described Titanic. Cameron himself said that Titanic was “holding just short of Marxist dogma.” Critic James