The workers aren't loving it! Staff at Mc Donald's vote to strike for better pay and conditions.

[tim]

So staff at two branches have voted to strike to get fixed contracts and a £10.00 an hour minimum salary. Excellent news, let's hope other branches join and we see justice for the Comrades working in our biggest High Street food retailer.

McDonald's could face first UK strikes - BBC News

Remember of course that these bastards shit on their workers worldwide.

 

[purenarcotic]

Good luck to them, solidarity.

 

[DotCommunist]

Death to ronald and up the workers.

 

[Voley]

I'm unsure of the detail here (don't know if the £10 an hour's been won) but Hungry For Justice are reporting a victory already:

 

[bemused]

Not sure why but I thought McDs was a franchise type gig. I'm all for people being paid more, good luck to them.

 

[tim]

Not sure why but I thought McDs was a franchise type gig. I'm all for people being paid more, good luck to them.

Some restaurants are directly owned by the company others are franchises.

 

[Maharani]

Have you seen how ridiculously inclusive their advertising campaigns try to be? These are some sick mother fuckers that lie about how amazing it is to work for them. Bastards.

I'll try and find one to post here.

 

[hash tag]

Industrial relations upset in Mac's; shame. McDonald's could face first UK strikes - BBC News

 

[Badgers]

Not fully read up on this but to be fair to the evil capitalists they seem to have resolved this quickly. If so a damn sight quicker than most corporates?

 

[ska invita]

Not fully read up on this but to be fair to the evil capitalists they seem to have resolved this quickly. If so a damn sight quicker than most corporates?

From what I can see this has barely even started never mind being resolved. WHy do you think its resolved? because of this>>>?

I'm unsure of the detail here (don't know if the £10 an hour's been won) but Hungry For Justice are reporting a victory already:

for clarity i dont think this tweet is about this dispute - i think it refers to a longer running issue to guarantee numbers of hours.

It's a tricky one for McDs. They can't submit to £10 an hour

How do you know what they can or cant afford to pay or not?

 

[Spymaster]

How do you know what they can or cant afford to pay or not?

Ok, I'll reword that.

They won't submit to £10 an hour.

 

[belboid]

From what I can see this has barely even started never mind being resolved. WHy do you think its resolved? because of this>>>?


for clarity i dont think this tweet is about this dispute - i think it refers to a longer running issue to guarantee numbers of hours

They announced in April that any worker who requested it could get guarateed hours - but they didn't actually tell most of their staff.

And of course they can afford £10 an hour, they've already given in to the equivalent demand in New Zealand.

 

[Spymaster]

Sure they can afford it. They can afford a lot more. But I've made no previous comment on what they can or can't afford.

 

[belboid]

They've also submitted to it.

 

[Spymaster]

You mean in NZ?

 

[belboid]

Yes

 

[Spymaster]

Yes

Got any links?

According to this McD's New Zealand crew members average $13.41/hour (about £7.60), against a national adult minimum wage of around $15 (not all their crew members are adults).

The above figures may be a year or so out of date but I can't find anything suggesting they've changed that much.

 

[belboid]

From today's guardian story - McDonald's workers to coordinate strike with allies around world

 

[Spymaster]

From today's guardian story - McDonald's workers to coordinate strike with allies around world

I think you've misread that.

That says Unite achieved a $15/hour minimum wage in NZ. In New Zealand dollars that's the equivalent of £7.60, and McD's crew members don't average minimum wage because many are youngsters. I think you're confusing it with US dollars referred to elsewhere in the Guardian piece about the American Fight for 15 campaign, where $15 is currently the equivalent of £11.62 (and even there it's a campaign hope rather than the current reality).

It certainly doesn't say McD's pay their NZ staff £10/hour minimum.

 

[Spymaster]

Not sure why but I thought McDs was a franchise type gig.

About 35% of their UK restaurants are company owned and not franchises.

I think the company owned ones are often those in very expensive, or landmark buildings, (like Piccadilly Circus) where they sometimes also own the property freehold too.

 

[Spymaster]

And what happened to my first post on this thread (the one Ska Invita quoted in post #10)?

 

[belboid]

I think you've misread that.

That says Unite achieved a $15/hour minimum wage in NZ. In New Zealand dollars that's the equivalent of £7.60, and McD's crew members don't average minimum wage because they're not all adults. I think you're confusing it with US dollars referred to elsewhere in the Guardian piece about the American Fight for 15 campaign, where $15 is currently the equivalent of £11.62 (and even there it's a campaign goal rather than the current reality).

It certainly doesn't say McD's pay their NZ staff £10/hour minimum.

$15 seems to be the rate the union considered to be equivalent (wage comparisons based on the rate of exchange are always a bit dubious), and a raise of some 20%, so not miles away from the 30% they want here.

And what happened to my first post on this thread (the one Ska Invita quoted in post #10)?

It's from another thread - the 'Why do you want to close down McDonalds' one

 

[emanymton]

And what happened to my first post on this thread (the one Ska Invita quoted in post #10)?

Clicking the little arrow in the quote (next to your name) takes me to a post on the other thread.

 

[Spymaster]

$15 seems to be the rate the union considered to be equivalent (wage comparisons based on the rate of exchange are always a bit dubious), and a raise of some 20%, so not miles away from the 30% they want here.

Nah. $15 is the national minimum wage, not the McDonalds minimum wage.

That's nowhere near McD's having previously submitted to a minimum wage demand of the equivalent of £10 an hour anywhere in the world. Also, as you can see from the Glassdoor survey the average Kiwi crew member wage is still a fair bit less than the $15 national adult minimum. Nothing posted so far points to any precedent of industrial action being successful at McDonalds.

Still, we'll see. Good luck to them, but I think it's an enormous leap that won't happen in a month of Sundays.

 

[Spymaster]

It's from another thread - the 'Why do you want to close down McDonalds' one

Clicking the little arrow in the quote (next to your name) takes me to a post on the other thread.

Cheers.

 

[Sparkle Motion]

My history may be murky here, but McDonald's in Cambridge shouldn't really exist. For years the council refused every planning application they made, on the grounds of not wanting them in the city. So McDonald's simply bought an existing restaurant and converted it.

 

[hash tag]

^^^ sounds true; in any event, councils give in quite easily as they don't have the funds to fight a mighty corporation ^^^. I believe hamstead ket them out, for a while at least.

Anyway, let the strike begin McDonald’s workers rally outside parliament amid first UK strike

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Ok, I'll reword that.

They won't submit to £10 an hour.

They won't as £10 would put their workers on more money then many people doing more "skilled" jobs. On a 40 hour week it be a bit over 20k. Whilst I agree everyone should be getting at least that, it's isn't going to happen.

 

[ska invita]

They won't as £10 would put their workers on more money then many people doing more "skilled" jobs. On a 40 hour week it be a bit over 20k. Whilst I agree everyone should be getting at least that, it's isn't going to happen.

not with just two branches on strike, no. But this issue isn't going away - things can only get worse for low paid workers. I think its likely this strike is the tip of a coming iceberg

 

[krtek a houby]

Some horror stories from that No Logo book back in the day. I guess they haven't improved much. Missus worked in a busy branch many years back, must ask if it was shit.

This is a very good thing, btw. And I hope more follow suit.