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Unions say an uncommon practice that generates billions of dollars for McDonald's leads to higher prices and lower wages (MCD)

McDonald's real estate business is causing problems for franchisees, workers, and customers, according to a new report.

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A new report claims that some of the biggest problems plaguing McDonald's — including customers' complaints of higher prices and employees alleging that they are underpaid — can be traced to a multi-billion dollar aspect of McDonald's business that most people don't even know about.

A recent report by two major unions that represent the food and service industries, the European EFFAT and the American SEIU, highlights the negative consequences of McDonald's real estate business. The report titled, "McLandlord: Global Rent Excess at the World's Largest Franchisor," argues that the fast-food giant's unique system of requiring franchisees to rent restaurants through McDonald's corporate allows the company to over-charge franchisees.

The report claims

The unions argue that McDonald's real estate business has a trickle down effect on customers and workers. If franchisees are forced to pay more in rent, they have less money left over to increase pay and cut prices for food.

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"The extraction of these rents and McDonald’s control over franchisees’ profitability translate into increasingly limited investments in quality products, family-supporting jobs, decent wages and tax revenues for the communities in which McDonald’s operates," the report states.

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