Santonastasso Enterprises, which owns and operates 13 McDonald's franchises in and around Pittsburgh, Pa., paid a civil penalty of $57,332 for violating child labor laws, according to the Department of Labor. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
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People line up to visit a newly opened fast food restaurant in a former McDonald's outlet in Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, Russia on Sunday. Russia's war in Ukraine prompted McDonald's to leave the country and sell its locations there to a franchisee. Dmitry Serebryakov/AP hide caption
Russia's rebranded McDonald's calls itself 'Delicious, that's all'
President Biden, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
An elderly Russian woman eats a hamburger at the first McDonald's in the then Soviet Union on its opening day in January 1990. Rudi Blaha/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
An economic iron curtain is falling on Russia as companies like McDonald's cut ties
McDonald's says it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
Steve Easterbrook, McDonald's former president and CEO, Easterbrook must return more than $105 million in equity awards and cash to the company giant as part of a settlement. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
Saweetie speaks at Sprite's Live from the Label Virtual Concert Series in Los Angeles. The best-selling rapper recently became the latest celebrity to have her own branded meal at McDonald's. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Sprite hide caption
K-Pop group BTS poses with their McDonald's meal. McDonald's hide caption
Kamel Guemari stands in front of the community center housed in a former McDonald's in Marseille. Eleanor Beardsley hide caption
Tina Miller, owner of Walkabout Outfitter, says keeping her business afloat in the pandemic has been beyond challenging. At one point, business was down 90%. Kirk Miller hide caption
Florida Just Passed A $15 Minimum Wage. Is The Time Right For A Big Nationwide Hike?
McDonald's is facing a lawsuit from 52 former franchisees accusing the fast-food giant of racial discrimination. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
52 Black Former Franchisees Sue McDonald's Alleging Discrimination
McDonald's is suing former CEO Steve Easterbrook to claw back his exit payout, citing new evidence of inappropriate relationships with employees. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
'Silence And Lies': McDonald's Sues Fired CEO, Says He Hid Sexual Relationships
McDonald's will require all customers at its U.S. restaurants to wear a face mask, starting Aug. 1, the company says. Here, a customer wears a mask at the oldest operating McDonald's Corp. restaurant, in Downey, Calif., in April. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Bartolomé Perez of Los Angeles has cooked at McDonald's for 30 years. He helped stage a walkout at his restaurant in April after a coworker tested positive for COVID-19. Courtesy of the Fight for $15 and a Union hide caption
Willy Solis, who delivers groceries for the app Shipt in Denton, Texas, says the coronavirus pandemic has elevated the voices of workers like him, who are risking their lives to do essential jobs. Courtesy of Willy Solis hide caption
McDonald's workers and supporters rally in Chicago in 2015 in what organizers at the time called the biggest-ever mobilization of U.S. workers. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption
In a class-action lawsuit, McDonald's workers in California accused the fast-food chain of failing to pay them overtime and other wages. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A lawsuit by 17 McDonald's workers accuses the fast-food chain of "undermining safety" with late-night work, store design changes and inadequate training. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
A McDonald's employee holds a sign during a 2018 protest against sexual harassment in the workplace in Chicago. Joshua Lott/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
McDonald's Is Sued Over 'Systemic Sexual Harassment' Of Female Workers
Stephen Easterbrook was fired as CEO of McDonald's after his relationship with an employee was found to violate company policy. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
McDonald's Fired CEO Is Getting Millions, Putting Spotlight On Pay Gap
Kamel Guemari is a manager of a McDonald's in a neighborhood in Marseille, France, that's known for crime and drug gangs. He has been leading an employee charge to save the restaurant, which has become a vital community anchor in an under-resourced immigrant neighborhood. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
Save The .... McDonald's? One Franchise In France Has Become A Social Justice Cause
Demonstrators march to McDonald's corporate headquarters in Chicago on Thursday to demand $15-per-hour wages for fast food workers. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption