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McDonald's welcomes more unions to Chinese stores

McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) announced today that it is working hard at establishing a greater union presence at some of its stores in China. This move comes following news a couple weeks ago that McDonald's, KFC, and Yum Brands Inc.'s (NYSE: YUM) Pizza Hut weren't paying their employees enough.

McDonald's isn't the first major U.S. company to feel the pressure to unionize. Last year Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) allowed unions at each of its 62 stores in the country.

While public pressure definitely got turned up a notch with the recent pay allegations, McDonald's decision to allow a greater union presence is not just a reaction to this recent development. The company already has unions in place in some of its restaurants and has been working hard since last November at increasing the existence of unions in its restaurants across the country.

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