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FILE PHOTO: A McDonald’s restaurant sign is seen in San Diego, California March 31, 2015. REUTERS\/Mike Blake<\/figcaption>

(Reuters) – McDonald\u2019s Corp on Friday defeated a union-backed organizing group\u2019s challenge to a settlement with a U.S. labor agency over claims that the company helped franchisees across the country suppress workers\u2019 demonstrations calling for higher wages.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected claims by the group, Fight for $15, that the 2019 settlement was inadequate because it did not resolve the key question of whether McDonald\u2019s could be held liable for unlawful labor practices by its franchisees.<\/p>\n

Fight for $15 also argued that a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who took part in approving the settlement had a conflict of interest and should have been recused. The D.C. Circuit on Friday said those claims were not properly presented to the court.<\/p>\n

Illinois-based McDonald\u2019s and the NLRB did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Nor did a lawyer for Fight for $15.<\/p>\n

Demonstrations organized by Fight for $15 swept the country in 2012, with workers calling for minimum pay of $15 an hour. The group that year began filing complaints with the NLRB on behalf of McDonald\u2019s franchise workers claiming they were fired or disciplined for participating in labor organizing.<\/p>\n

The NLRB brought a case against McDonald\u2019s and many franchisees in 2014. It was seen as a major test of the Obama-era NLRB\u2019s attempt to expand the circumstances in which companies could be considered \u201cjoint employers\u201d of franchise or contract workers, requiring them to bargain with unions and exposing them to liability for labor law violations.<\/p>\n

McDonald\u2019s has denied wrongdoing and maintained that it does not exercise enough control over franchises to be considered a joint employer.<\/p>\n

The NLRB opted to settle the case after former President Donald Trump took office, disappointing unions and worker advocates. The settlement required more than two dozen McDonald\u2019s franchisees to pay up to $50,000 to individual workers, but did not address McDonald\u2019s liability.<\/p>\n

Under federal labor law, the board can settle claims against businesses over the objections of unions or workers involved in a case.<\/p>\n

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