McDonald’s Staff Strike Over Poverty Wages at Burger Chain | Eater London

"Employees at this location participated in an international day of strike action organized by the International Union of Food Workers to demand guaranteed working hours, a £15 base wage, and four weeks' notice of shifts so staff can afford the flexibility often cited as a benefit of zero-hours contracts; the protest was reported by Metro and supported on the picket line by Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who criticized endemic low pay and insecure work in the fast-food industry. Management highlighted that only nine staff across the six affected restaurants were striking and noted that 40-hour guaranteed contracts are available but chosen by few employees; campaigners argue that guaranteed hours would reduce precarity and that similar actions are likely to recur, especially given the parent company's projected £100 billion in global sales." - James Hansen