Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union
The McStrike and the mobilizing that threatens McDonald’s
The McStrike by McDonald’s workers on October 4 saw employees of firms such as TGI Fridays, Wetherspoon, UberEats and Deliveroo joining in, with the demands including a minimum wage of £10 per hour, recognition of unions and an end to ‘zero hour’ contracts
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