“This is a knife-to-the-throat issue for the franchise model,” Matt Haller, a lobbyist at the International Franchise Association, told The Washington Post in an article about the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling in the Browning-Ferris Industries case. “But it’s not just franchising. You’d be hard pressed to find a business that shouldn’t be concerned about the impact of this joint employer standard.”

The Post reports business groups are pressuring Congress to use a must-pass spending bill to block a recent victory for the labor movement that could give unions more power to negotiate with McDonald’s and other corporations that use franchises or contract workers.