Unite Union calls for fair wages for McWorkers

Unite Union calls for fair wages and fair trade for McWorkers Unite Union On Friday 10th October at 8.30am McDonalds employees who are members of the Unite Union and community fair trade groups will hold a rally outside Queen Street McDonald's. The rally and coinciding strike action across Auckland by members of the Unite Union employed by McDonald's corporation in McCafes has been organised to put pressure on the world's largest fast-food chain to sign a union agreement that gives staff a living wage and to commit to phasing in fair trade coffee. McDonalds's have refused to come back with a pay offer till November that could settle the ongoing dispute between the company and the more than 1000 McDonald's employees who are members of the Unite Union and are asking for pay-parity with workers at KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks.... [read full story]