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Minimum wage issue pits franchisees against cities

By Joyce Rosenberg
Published June 25, 2014 6:22pm ET
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Minimum wage issue pits franchisees against cities
In this Monday, June 23, 2014 photo, Chuck Stempler, owner of an AlphaGraphics printing and marketing franchise, poses for a photo next to a wall that tracks current jobs for customers at his business, in Seattle. Stempler, who is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn a Seattle law that will raise the city's minimum wage to $15 from the current $9.32, says he will have to cut jobs to afford the higher wage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) | Ted S. Warren

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of franchisees are learning they’re not small businesses, at least in the eyes of city government.

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