. . . And some won’t
Meanwhile, a group of disgruntled former Mail Boxes, Etc. – and current UPS – franchisees calling themselves the Platinum Shield Association (“PSA”) is challenging a UPS policy that they say requires them to carry alcohol for selected customers, through UPS’s “Corporate Retail Solution.”
This article reports that PSA also recently called attention to a similar policy that requires franchisees to handle shipments for a company called Zero Tolerance Pornography (as in the company’s slogan, “Zero Tolerance for Bad Pornography”). In the words of a PSA official, "UPS . . . seems to be developing a pattern of imposing possibly improper business relationships on franchisees who have moral objections or may operate in locations where these special services are illegal."
And another coalition of UPS franchisees, calling themselves the Brown Shield Association,
says that it amended its pending Complaint against the franchisor alleging unfair and predatory conduct and other claims.
Posted by franchiselawblog at March 26, 2007 05:05 PM