An investigation by the labor authorities in Guangdong province has not shown any wrongdoings on the side of the company, McDonalds says in a statement, according to Bloomberg."Our interpretation of those laws has been correct,'' McDonald's China unit said in an e-mailed statement, citing an official finding by the Guangdong Labor Authority.Together with KFC and Pizza Hut, McDonalds has been part of a months long uncover operation by a Guangdong paper. A formal complaint at the Labor Bureau forced both the labor authorities and the Chinese trade union ACFTU into action.
The article did not mention any results for the investigationsin KFC and Pizza Hut.
Update: Also Yum, the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut have been clear, All Roads lead to China has read in the Wall Street Journal. The score:
1.5 points to the Union who closed McDonald’s and were able to to highlight the need in the public eye to find ways to protect workers in the foreign food service industry
1 point to the students whose plight was the center of a media frenzy for a week
0 to Yum who stuck to their guns and neither conceded they paid too little nor let the union leverage the situation in
-1 to McDonald’s who are now moving their union discussions up a level as a result of the controversy
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