U.S. Seven-Eleven to seek to ally with Japan peers on work hour issue

A U.S. body representing local Seven-Eleven convenience store owners said Thursday it will seek to join hands with their Japanese peers in tackling the issue of 24-hour operations, as they are feared to face the same problem as franchisees in Japan amid a labor crunch."We want to help (the Japanese franchisees) to get started in lobbying and campaigning and in forming associations," Jaspreet Dhillon, senior official of the National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees, said at a press conference in Tokyo."We want to join hands with all our international franchisees and work tog…READ FULL ARTICLE