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McDonald’s Faces Antitrust Attack as Unions Complain to EU
- Coalition of consumers, unions say firm abuses its dominance
- EU already probing Big Mac maker’s tax deal with Luxembourg
A McDonald's Corp. restaurant in Carrolton, Kentucky.
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A group of McDonald’s Corp.’s critics urged the European Union to rein in alleged antitrust abuses by the world’s largest restaurant chain in a complaint just weeks after regulators added the company to a growing list of U.S. firms facing a clampdown on tax loopholes.
The Big Mac-maker was accused by a coalition of Italian consumer organizations and European and U.S. trade unions of abusing its market power to harm franchisees who run its burger restaurants as well as customers, workers and rivals.