This is plainly false and I have no idea what makes you think it's the case. The only reference I could even find was Biden saying something like this. That's s

This is plainly false and I have no idea what makes you think it's the case. The only reference I could even find was Biden saying something like this. That's somewhat fortuitous because it resulted in one of the 'fact checkers' actually bothering to fact check this here. [1] The most places like McDonalds used to do was to force franchise owners to sign a sort of non-compete to prevent poaching each other's employees. That practice was ended half a decade ago and now even franchise owners don't have to sign non-competes, let alone low-wage employees. [1] - https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/28/joe-biden/biden-wrong-mcdonalds-workers-cant-jump-competing-/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/28/joe-biden/...