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“McDonald’s (makes) you all sign noncompete contracts that you cannot go across town to try to get a job at Burger King.”
Joe Biden Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate. In a roundtable organized by SEIU.. Claim dated 22 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

McDonald's workers don't sign noncompete agreements. Until three years ago, McDonald's barred local franchises from hiring away staff, but ended the practice.

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In short

Joe Biden (Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 22 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 July 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.

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