By Marcus Barnett in Britain, Tuesday, April 17, 2018:
McDonald’s workers to strike again on May Day
Unrest at fast food giant spreads to northern England
McDONALD’S workers have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a May Day nationwide strike.
Staff organised by the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) voted by a majority of 95.2 per cent to strike on International Workers Day – including in Watford, the hometown of McDonald’s chief executive Steve Easterbrook.
The workers are demanding a £10-an-hour wage, choice in fixed-hour contracts, an end to unequal pay for young workers and for the formal recognition of BFAWU.
Two striking McDonald’s branches– Crayford and Cambridge – are the same branches that took historic industrial action in September 2017.
The other three stores in Manchester and Watford are newly organised.
BFAWU president Ian Hodson said: “The McStrike is on the road to victory.
“We will be supporting our members in McDonald’s as they take on the world’s second-largest employer.
“The time for change at McDonald’s is long overdue.”
On the ground, Manchester McDonald’s employee Lauren McCourt echoed Mr Hodson’s sentiment that change must come.
She said: “Zero-hour contracts mean we live in fear of losing the future hours we need to survive. If I don’t get the hours I need, how am I supposed to pay my rent?
“It’s time for McDonald’s to respect its workers and give us the option of guaranteed hours.”
Watford McDonald’s worker Joshua Khan singled out Mr Easterbrook for criticism, attacking the millionaire for disregarding his hometown staff.
“He should get on his private jet and come talk to our union”, he said.
“We deserve a wage that means we can live with dignity.”
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Pret A Maner needs to be next for strikes, fooling the public with their PR(et) machine while mistreating their workers. I survived and will never be silent again.
https://latenightgirl.org/open-letters-to-pret/quote-of-the-day-pret/
https://latenightgirl.org/open-letters-to-pret/pret-staff-complaints/
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Hi, thanks for the links!
There is some similarity with work at Amazon:
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Oh yes, Amazon is even worse than Pret. I have stopped buying at Amazon and am pondering to close my Amazon account completely. Terrible company and CEO.
With Pret, it will get worse now as well as JAB (based in tax haven Luxembourg) has bought Pret for a whopping 1.5 BILLION. Bridgepoint got their investment & profit out of Pret after having squeezed the blood out of us workers.
The only language Pret understands is not even Tribunal, but customers, the public. Pret is extremely pleasing towards customers (pockets!) while stepping on staff.
I am only the second person to have gone public as Pret is very good in intimidating staff.
They made me 4 settlement offers if I resign and never go to court or speak about it. I rejected all. I hope the truth goes out further as the facade of Pret is easily believed.
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Thanks for your comment!
About tax haven Luxembourg:
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Unbelievable. But you know, in time these things come back to the corrupt people, at least much of the time. Look at Trump right now, it’s getting uncomfortable for him.
In Germany there was this billionaire family who ran one of the largest drugstores in Europe, Schlecker, the mistreatment and corruption brought them down, bankrupt, the kids in prison.
I believe in time people get their fair share of punishment, not all, but many. I really believe that.
If people don’t get anything from my blog, at least get the Staff Complaints and share as best as possible.
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Yes, in many cases you are right.
However, in the case of Sir Jimmy Savile, knighted by Thatcher and Pope John Paul II, only after his death:
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