McDonald’s ‘$18 an Hour’ Hiring Sign An image of a McDonald's banner purportedly advertising an $18 an hour wage with a suspicious asterisk went viral on Twitter, then Facebook.
‘Every Year, Americans Spend $153,000,000,000 to Subsidize McDonald’s and Walmart’s Underpaid Workers’ A screenshot of a tweet by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich claiming taxpayers subsidized $153 billion of corporate profits appeared on Imgur amid a wider discussion around corporate treatment of employees.
A Labor Shortage in 2021? Viral ‘Signs’ Are Not Employment Data Social media posts and images of signs about how no one wants to work are omnipresent, but low-wage jobs are not "competing with unemployment benefits."
Is ‘Officer McMuffin’ Stacy Talbert a Security Guard, Not Law Enforcement? After Stacy Talbert shared a crying breakdown about hostility towards cops at a Georgia McDonald's to Facebook Live, rumors spread that she was in fact not even in law enforcement.
‘McDonald’s Crucifixion’ Image Repurposed as Purportedly ‘Protesting Stay at Home Orders’ An old image of three men 'crucified' outside a McDonald's spread on Facebook as a purported COVID-19 anti-lockdown protest.
Are Companies With More Than 500 Workers Exempt From a Coronavirus Relief Bill? Major newspapers criticized H.R. 6201 for allowing Walmart to be exempt from a sick leave requirement.
McDonald’s Loses EU Trademark Battle over the Big Mac, Burger King Starts Trolling Them? A meme popular across social platforms claimed that the fast food chain had lost its European Union Big Mac trademark, only to lose out to a rival corporation.
McDonald's McRib Sandwiches Made From Inverted Pork Rectums-Fiction! McDonald’s McRib Sandwiches Made From Inverted Pork Rectums-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Persistent claims that McDonald’s McRib sandwiches made from inverted pork rectums surfaced in December 2016 and again in August 2017. The Truth: Although pork rectum is fairly standard fare in some parts of the world, McDonald’s McRib sandwiches are made from pork shoulder, not […]
