Under the direction of new CEO Steve Easterbrook, who took the corporate helm on March 1st, McDonald’s is “finally deciding to give some of its workers a raise,” the Huffington Post declares in an article from April 1st.   McDonald’s had just announced its commitment to “give employees a 10% increase in wages” just “two weeks ahead of a planned international strike organized by the movement Fight for $15, which urges fast food employers to pay workers a minimum wage of $15 per hour.” Despite the context in which the media (and pretty much everyone else) frames the decision, according to the Wall Street Journal, the company insists that the “increasingly vocal” criticisms by labor groups and recent protests “weren’t a factor in its decision.” Au contraire, said New Hampshire Union Leader Mark Hayward after the strikes took place last week.  McDonald’s is committing to this minimum...(Read Full Article)