Two activists were sued by McDonald’s for handing out leaflets accusing the company of paying low wages, cruelty to animals used in its products, and other malpractices. The judge wrote found in favor of McDonald’s, but also agreed with the activists that McDonald’s paid low wages. The judge wrote that McDonalds: "does pay its workers low wages, thereby helping to depress wages for workers in the catering trade in Britain. To this extent the defamatory charge in the leaflet is partly justified."
Assuming that McDonald’s was following all of the relevant labor laws:
1. EVALUATE how well Christopher Stone’s arguments about the MARKET and the LAW do or do not apply with regard to employee wages.