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IFA Amps Up Defense of Franchise Industry Through Partnership with Job Creators Network

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2014 —As the franchise industry continues to come under increasing attack by organized labor and activist groups across the nation, the International Franchise Association has formed a new partnership with the Job Creators Network, an advocacy organization dedicated to educating employees about government policies that negatively impact their business.

This new and important partnership will provide IFA and its membership non-partisan education tools about how existing and prospective government policies affect their workplace, now and in the future.

“Millions of jobs and small businesses are now at risk due to the unprecedented nature of the recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that franchisors and franchisees can be designated as joint-employers,” said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira, CFE. “With our continued fight to defend the franchise business model, we must ensure that franchise small business owners are well informed of policies that could alter the way they do business so they are armed with the tools necessary to educate lawmakers.”

“We know 70 percent of small business owners believe Washington is hostile to their efforts to create jobs,” Job Creators Network president Alfredo Ortiz said. “Job Creators Network will allow the IFA to defend the franchise industry through ongoing education by engaging their workforce on public policy decisions.”

IFA’s partnership with the Job Creators Network will integrate into the Franchise Action Network a new strategic initiative that mobilizes franchisors, franchisees and industry suppliers at the grassroots level.

“A coalition of the franchise owners, all promoting a single mission, is the best way to protect our industry from an increasingly hostile legislative and regulatory environment at the federal, state and municipal levels,” said Caldeira.

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The International Franchise Association is the world’s oldest and largest organization representing franchising worldwide. Celebrating over 50 years of excellence, education and advocacy, IFA works through its government relations and public policy, media relations and educational programs to protect, enhance and promote franchising. Through its media awareness campaign highlighting the theme, Franchising: Building Local Businesses, One Opportunity at a Time, IFA promotes the economic impact of the more than 825,000 franchise establishments, which support nearly 18 million jobs and $2.1 trillion of economic output for the U.S. economy. IFA members include franchise companies in over 300 different business format categories, individual franchisees and companies that support the industry in marketing, law and business development.

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