THE PROPOSAL TO PAY FAST-FOOD WORKERS $22 AN HOUR IS ‘COSTLY AND JOB-DESTROYING,’ ACCORDING TO MCDONALD’S PRESIDENT, WHO EARNED $7.4 MILLION LAST YEAR.
In an open letter published on January 25, Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, criticized California lawmakers for approving a fast-food bill that he claimed would make it “all but impossible to run small business locations” in the state.