The “progressive” attack on alleged economic disparity—reflected in efforts to secure increases in the minimum wage and to bolster the fortunes of labor unions whose memberships are declining—has invaded the franchise arena and threatens to cripple franchising.
The thrust? Seek to have franchisors declared the employers or joint employers of their franchisees’ employees. By doing so, supporters of this theory hope to make large franchisors the economic “bargaining unit” with which unions may negotiate the salaries and benefits to be accorded those franchisees’ employees.
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