Cotton Criticizes Obama's NLRB Overreach

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Cotton says NLRB's decision "jeopardizes job creation"

U.S. Senate candidate Tom Cotton criticized a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel against McDonald's Corp. which claims corporate headquarters and franchisees can be designated as joint-employers. This decision will have wide-reaching effects for the 8.26 million individuals employed by franchises across the country, including McDonald's, Dairy Queen, and KFC.

Cotton said: "It's only been a matter of weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stinging rebuke to the National Labor Relation's Board (NLRB) for their overreach, but it doesn't look like they've learned their lesson. This decision jeopardizes job creation and directly threatens the economic survival of the hundreds of thousands of franchisees across the country. This ruling shows the Senate's error in approving President Obama's nominees."

The decision by the NLRB threatens to upend decades of established law regarding the relationship between franchisors and franchisees. You can read more about the NLRB decision here: http://online.wsj.com/articles/nlrb-decision-could-make-mcdonalds-liable-for-labor-practices-of-franchisees-1406660591.

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