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A new National Labor Relations Board ruling was struck down by a Texas state judge. The ruling sets new standards for defining joint employers and expands the number of employees that can be represented by a union. The previous law does not consider companies to be joint employers of employees who work at a franchise, and companies are not a part of labor negotiations. The new ruling states that companies will be considered joint employers if both companies directly or indirectly affect one condition of employment. Supporters of the new ruling claim that the previous rules made it easy for companies to avoid bargaining with employees. Opponents of the law counter that it goes against precedent, and will force companies to negotiate with workers that they do not employ and who work at places that the company doesn’t own. The judge determined that the new standard goes beyond the bounds of common law.