Sources: KNTV
The number of people who have become ill in an "E. coli" outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers in the United States increases to 75. 2024-10-25
The U.S. Center for Disease Control announces that one person has died and at least 48 others have become ill in an "E. coli" outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder beef sandwiches in ten western and midwest states with the first case confirmed on 27 September. 2024-10-22
McDonald's profits fall by 46% and its revenue falls by 3% in Q2 2022 following the company's exit from Russia. 2022-07-27
McDonald's announces that it has begun the process of selling all of its restaurants in Russia citing the "humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine", as the reason for ending operations in the country after 32 years. It is later announced that these restaurants will reopen under a new brand in mid-June, and that their menus will be retained. 2022-05-16
Workers at two British McDonald's restaurants overwhelmingly vote to authorize a strike over working conditions and the use of zero-hour contracts, which would be the first such labor action against the fast-food chain in the U.K. 2017-08-18
The Obama Administration, through its appointment of a majority of board members on the Democratic-controlled U.S. National Labor Relations Board's 3–2 ruling in the Browning-Ferris case uses an expanded definition of joint employer when determining if a parent company shares responsibility for workers hired by a subcontractor or franchisee. The Republican-controlled US Congress responded to arguments from businesses such as the International Franchise Association by adding another NLRB-related rider to the budget to block implementation of this latest ruling. Browning-Ferris can appeal the decision to a federal appeals court. The ruling could affect current unionization and pay efforts at McDonald's franchises. 2015-08-27
Six people are wounded during a drive-by shooting outside a McDonald's restaurant in East Palo Alto, California, United States. 2013-05-5
The stock for McDonald's rose 31 percent in 2011, the largest gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, while Bank of America fell 59 percent, the largest loss in the Dow Jones. 2011-12-30
San Francisco passes a law banning McDonald's from giving free children's toys with unhealthy food. 2010-11-3
3 people are killed in shooting at a McDonald's restaurant in Finland. 2010-07-6