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Susan Berfield is a writer for Bloomberg Businessweek, where she covers the fast food industry.PROFILE
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Walmart's Union Surveillance Walmart is the biggest retailer in the country. In fact, Walmart is the largest company in the world with more than 2 million employees. In 2011, a group of Walmart employees formed something called Organization United for Respect at Walmart, or OUR Walmart. The group called for better wages, better schedules, improved health insurance and freedom to speak up without retaliation. According to a new investigation in Bloomberg Businessweek, however, Walmart did retaliate against organizers.
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The Past and Future of McDonalds Been to a McDonald’s lately? If you have, you may be in the minority. The nearly 70-year-old fast food brand is struggling with sluggish sales and an identity crisis. CEO Don Thompson got the boot after first-quarter sales infuriated shareholders, and McDonald’s is struggling to compete with chains like Five Guys and Chipotle. What’s next for the franchise?
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