Under President Obama, the Labor Department has been on an agressive crusade to crack down on what it sees as abusive or otherwise unfair business practices.
That crusade has led it to repeatedly warn an Arkansas-based consignment store franchise that it cannot let people volunteer at its 76 locations, even if that is what those people want to do. The franchise, called Rhea Lana Inc., has been locked in a three-year legal battle with the Labor Department over its very survival.
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