Earlier this month, McDonald’s made headlines for its decision to quit the influential National Restaurant Association (NRA) over disputes regarding the current minimum wage.
For its part, the red-and-yellow fast-food brand indicated that it believed all food service workers should be paid at — or above — the current federal minimum wage of $7.25. Currently, as The New York Post outlined, the tipped minimum wage is just $2.13 per hour — giving McDonald’s a distinct disadvantage versus sit-down eateries where lower labor costs are the currently the standard.
