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This move by the NLRB could have huge implications

I've had the opinion for a long time that if you wear a uniform for some company while at work, or drive a vehicle that has a companies name on it you work for that company. Now, the NLRB is coming around to that view it seems.
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/28/435415990/nlrb-ruling-could-pave-the-way-for-fast-food-unions
Impossible to imagine all the implications, good and bad. Interesting, though. For starters, it will give a big boost to the move to automate fast-food outlets, replacing people with machines -- again, good and bad.

As to the underlying argument, it makes sense. And it should be in the interest of the franchisor, anyway, since people don't associate something negative at their local outlet with the franchisee, but with the parent company. If you even think of the local operator, it's to wonder why the parent company doesn't exercise better judgement and oversight.
 
Because it's a union/worker-friendly decision and this is a business-friendly court.
business friendly court unless your business is a wedding chapel for traditional marriages, or a business which makes non-gay cakes, or if you are an insurance company for health insurance prior to Obama care, or a family doctor who does not want to buy into the networks of obamacare, or tea party affiliated in any way.
 
business friendly court unless your business is a wedding chapel for traditional marriages, or a business which makes non-gay cakes, or if you are an insurance company for health insurance prior to Obama care, or a family doctor who does not want to buy into the networks of obamacare, or tea party affiliated in any way.
Has the court ruled against any wedding chapels?

Has the court ruled against any insurance companies?

What's the difference between a gay cake and a non-gay cake?
 
I've had the opinion for a long time that if you wear a uniform for some company while at work, or drive a vehicle that has a companies name on it you work for that company. Now, the NLRB is coming around to that view it seems.
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/28/435415990/nlrb-ruling-could-pave-the-way-for-fast-food-unions
Why in a franchise operation would that be true? They mostly work for small, independently owned companies. It was purely a political decision made to reward unions, a big Democratic backer. Like the rising minimum wage, this will bring on automation quicker and destroy jobs
 
Has the court ruled against any wedding chapels?

Has the court ruled against any insurance companies?

What's the difference between a gay cake and a non-gay cake?
well, the local or circuit courts have ruled and people are taking it to the supremes, supposedly , on the chapel and cake issue.... and yes, the court has ruled against individual free market health insurance companies when they said the subsidies were a tax and the feds and Obama were totalitarians and a tyranny and they are able to tax and subsidy the insurance companies and doctors out of existence. And, I have no idea what makes a cake gay but I gotta assume it has to do with the topper on top, or bottom, hee hee , and the writing, which would be a first amendment issue of course.
 
I wish SCOTUS had that power but they do not
they have the power to kill babies and to go against god on the holy matrimony of one man and one woman. well, they really do not have that power but they think they do, and liberals think they do
 
Why in a franchise operation would that be true? They mostly work for small, independently owned companies. It was purely a political decision made to reward unions, a big Democratic backer. Like the rising minimum wage, this will bring on automation quicker and destroy jobs
all your labor and all your minions are belong to us
 
This decision makes sense to be if a common sense approach is taken. Since a common sense approach won't be taken its probably a mistake.
 
Actually , now is the perfect time in history if you ever wanted any labor or social or welfare or any other commie thing to be taken to the supremes, it would be a great time for success right now.
 
they have the power to kill babies and to go against god on the holy matrimony of one man and one woman. well, they really do not have that power but they think they do, and liberals think they do

you are a weird dude.
 
Why in a franchise operation would that be true? They mostly work for small, independently owned companies. It was purely a political decision made to reward unions, a big Democratic backer. Like the rising minimum wage, this will bring on automation quicker and destroy jobs
Automation is coming either way, why do you care if it is expedited? You don't care about labor anyway.
 
Why in a franchise operation would that be true? They mostly work for small, independently owned companies. It was purely a political decision made to reward unions, a big Democratic backer. Like the rising minimum wage, this will bring on automation quicker and destroy jobs

The argument is basically this: An employee may work for a franchisee, but, they are expected to adhere to numerous corporate guidelines. A full range of guidelines on appearance, workplace production, behavior… It goes on and on. If a worker is adhering to all those regulations how do you say they are not under the control of the corporation? If everything points back to the corporation you should be able to bargain with others under the same umbrella.
 
Actually the NLRB doesn't have the power.

The NLRB woke up one morning and thought they were Congress.

The SCOTUS can remind them that they aren't.
As much as I hate government overreach this was a decision they can make. And like I said to satisfy their union overlords they made it
 
As much as I hate government overreach this was a decision they can make. And like I said to satisfy their union overlords they made it

Possibly. We'll have to wait and see.

The good news with these kinds of decisions, Executive Orders and the like, is that they can be undone as easily as they came to be.

One of the good things about this past 7 years is that very little has been accomplished that has any true staying power.
 
The argument is basically this: An employee may work for a franchisee, but, they are expected to adhere to numerous corporate guidelines. A full range of guidelines on appearance, workplace production, behavior… It goes on and on. If a worker is adhering to all those regulations how do you say they are not under the control of the corporation? If everything points back to the corporation you should be able to bargain with others under the same umbrella.
This is a valid argument, but it's a bit of a sticky wicket. Denver, for instance, is on the verge of banning Chick-Fil-A from DIA because of what the CEO said several years ago about gay marriage. The opponents are saying that regardless of what the local franchisee does or says, the comments of the CEO override other issues.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_28668633/denver-council-hits-pause-chick-fil-at-dia
 
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