Coronavirus UK Latest: Wetherspoon and McDonald’s Staff Protest Wages | Eater London

"The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union has urged this fast-food chain to top up the remaining 20% of workers' salaries during the coronavirus shutdowns, criticizing reliance on the government-backed 80% furlough payment as leaving many employees on 'poverty wages.' The union stresses that the 80% scheme can apply only to directly employed staff in company-owned outlets, while other workers remain subject to individual employer or franchisee policies; it also points to insecure contracts—zero-, 8- or 16-hour arrangements—and notes that a minimum-wage worker averaging 30 hours would take home about £247.89 per week after tax under the scheme." - James Hansen