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Franchisees in Seattle look to supreme court to delay $15 minimum wage
Source: The Guardian
Franchisees in Seattle look to supreme court to delay $15 minimum wage
The brief filed claims the city’s law discriminates against franchisees by
considering them part of large corporations instead of as small businesses
Jana Kasperkevic in New York
Tuesday 26 January 2016 19.41 GMT
Seattle’s $15-an-hour minimum wage might be heading to the supreme court this spring if a handful of local businesses have their way. Five Seattle franchisees and the International Franchise Association (IFA) have filed a brief with the highest US court asking them to consider their case.
“Our appeal has never sought to prevent the City of Seattle’s wage law from going into effect. Our appeal to the Supreme Court will be focused solely on the discriminatory treatment of franchisees under Seattle’s wage law and the motivation to discriminate against interstate commerce,” Robert Cresanti, IFA president and CEO, said in a statement on Monday.
The Seattle law, the IFA claims, discriminates against franchisees by considering them part of large corporations – like McDonald’s or Burger King – instead of as small businesses that they insist they are. When the law was first passed in 2014, the IFA and the five franchisees sued the city and lost. When the US ninth circuit court of appeals sided with the lower court and also ruled against the franchisees in September 2015, Cresanti hinted that they would attempt to bring the case to the supreme court.
At the time, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said that the court of appeals decision to let the law stand as it is was “a victory for Seattle’s workers”.
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The brief filed claims the city’s law discriminates against franchisees by
considering them part of large corporations instead of as small businesses
Jana Kasperkevic in New York
Tuesday 26 January 2016 19.41 GMT
Seattle’s $15-an-hour minimum wage might be heading to the supreme court this spring if a handful of local businesses have their way. Five Seattle franchisees and the International Franchise Association (IFA) have filed a brief with the highest US court asking them to consider their case.
“Our appeal has never sought to prevent the City of Seattle’s wage law from going into effect. Our appeal to the Supreme Court will be focused solely on the discriminatory treatment of franchisees under Seattle’s wage law and the motivation to discriminate against interstate commerce,” Robert Cresanti, IFA president and CEO, said in a statement on Monday.
The Seattle law, the IFA claims, discriminates against franchisees by considering them part of large corporations – like McDonald’s or Burger King – instead of as small businesses that they insist they are. When the law was first passed in 2014, the IFA and the five franchisees sued the city and lost. When the US ninth circuit court of appeals sided with the lower court and also ruled against the franchisees in September 2015, Cresanti hinted that they would attempt to bring the case to the supreme court.
At the time, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said that the court of appeals decision to let the law stand as it is was “a victory for Seattle’s workers”.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/26/fight-for-15-minimum-wage-franchise-seattle-supreme-court-case
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