McDonald’s Labor Board Ruling Attacked on Ethics Grounds

The union-allied Fight for $15 organization wants the National Labor Relations Board to reconsider a ruling for McDonald’s Corp. in one of the board’s most closely watched disputes of the decade.

The group, representing McDonald’s franchise workers who said they were retaliated against for participating in Fight for $15 demonstrations, asked the agency Jan. 7 to reconsider its ruling approving a settlement in the case. Fight for $15 lawyers said the board made “multiple material errors” and argued that Member William Emanuel (R) should have sat out the decision. They cited an internal agency document first reported by Bloomberg Law ...