McDonald’s hit with multi-employer bargaining push

The retail union is using Labor’s new multi-employer bargaining laws to force McDonald’s back to the negotiating table for its first collective agreement in more than a decade.

The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association launched an application on Monday for the Fair Work Commission to order the fast-food giant to negotiate a deal for more than 5000 workers across 14 franchisees in South Australia, which could let it rope in stores around the country.