In recent weeks, as support for the bipartisan American Franchise Act (AFA) has grown (119 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives as of early May), familiar attacks from opponents of franchising small businesses have re-emerged. Case in point – a recent AFL-CIO letter that dubbed the commonsense legislation, “anti-worker, anti-union, and anti-small business.” The unfortunate reality is […]

The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today voted along a party-line vote to advance anti-franchise nominee Dr. David Weil to serve as Administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Weil’s nomination was rejected last year, but he now heads to the full Senate for consideration after being renominated by the Biden administration.