A new development in one of the most expensive NLRB cases in history is widely anticipated within the labor movement. The case involves a complaint filed in 2014 against McDonald’s claiming that the company should be held accountable for unfair labor practices perpetrated by franchisees. The retaliatory actions were taken against employees who participated in strikes as part of the Fight for $15 movement. In December the labor board’s new general counsel Peter Robb wrote a memo indicating his intent to change the direction of many of his predecessor’s initiatives, and while he most likely wouldn’t be able to drop the case altogether, many people within the labor community expect that he will seek to settle the case.
See "Trump appointee may give McDonald's a break in landmark labor case", Lydia DePillis, CNN Money, January 12, 2018