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Winning better by forming a union and taking action together, in McDonald's, fast food and hospitality.

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On July 20, 2020, members of the McStrike’s sister union SEIU and allies will take action across the United States in a Strike for Black Lives.

United States: SEIU members, workers in the Fight for $15 and a Union, and allies in other unions will be driving a national day of action, using their power as a union and as workers to walk off the job, withhold their labor, and launch protests all over the country in support of dismantling racism and white supremacy, to bring about fundamental changes in workplaces, the economy, and society.

In the UK: Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) fast food workers have come together to call out the systemic racism that runs through fast food corporations and wider society. We are demanding change from fast food CEOs who pay lip service to the Black Lives Matter movement whilst they fail to protect BAME workers from individual and systemic racial abuse, pay us poverty wages and refuse us a platform to have our voices heard.

We stand at a pivotal moment in global history as the Coronavirus pandemic causes devastation across the world, and millions are mobilising against racist police brutality.

Our US sisters and Brothers deserve our SOLIDARITY, through us connecting our struggles and building the power of our movement to tackle racial and economic injustice. We must declare that Black Lives Matter and illustrate all the ways our fights for racial, economic, healthcare, immigration, climate and other justice fights are connected.

The simultaneous crises of Covid-19 and police brutality towards Black people and other oppressed minorities around the world have led to an unprecedented moment with new opportunities for connection, for building the path forward together, and for declaring that we will not return to “normal.”

#StrikeForBlackLives Solidarity Zoom Rally

Register here: https://bit.ly/StrikeForBlackLivesUK

Time and Date: 7pm, Sunday 19 July 2020 

Location: On Zoom

Speakers: 

UK and US fast food workers
Selma James – Global Women’s Strike
Wilf Sullivan – The TUC
Asad Rehman – War On Want

Register here: https://bit.ly/StrikeForBlackLivesUK

Facebook event here

Called by The McStrike BAME Committee

Organised by BFAWU and War on Want

Supported by the Artist’s Union England, BARAC (Black Activists Rising Against Cuts), Hazards Campaign, JENGbA (Join Enterprise Not Guilty by Association), Kanlungan Filipino Association, LESETUC (London, Eastern and South Eastern Regional TUC), LRC (Labour Representative Committee), Morning Star, Peoples Assembly, Status Now Network, TUCG (Trade Union Coordinating Group, TULO (Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation)

Join The McStrike’s Zoom Solidarity Rally to show your solidarity and raise up our voices as together we forge a path forward to demand racial and economic justice in society and the workplace.

Register here: https://bit.ly/StrikeForBlackLivesUK

Show Your Solidarity

The following are ways you can show your solidarity:

  1. Share the Strike for Black Lives Solidarity Zoom Rally on social media.
  2. Join our Twitter Solidarity FlashMob:

https://mcstrike.uk/strikeforblacklives/

Billions to shareholders whilst workers suffer, and the public pays the price

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15 June 2020 – McDonalds will pay out a projected $929.4 million in Quarter 2 dividends to shareholders despite McDonald’s in the UK furloughing over 100,000 staff at public expense (likely to cost £10’s of millions ) through the Uk Government’s Job Retention Scheme

During Lock Down, UK McDonald’s workers have been struggling to survive on only 80% of poverty wages [paid by taxpayers] as McDonald’s gives out $Billions in dividends to shareholders

McDonald’s workers who contract #Covid19 and have to self-isolate and receive only Statutory Sick Pay which is just £95/week. McDonald’s is risking the health of our communities by putting workers in the impossible position of choosing between health and paying the bills.

McDonald’s has chosen to spend money on a PR campaign to say it supports #BlackLivesMatter whilst failing to tackle the systemic racism at the heart of it’s business model.

Around the world, McDonald’s workers have faced a lack of safety measures putting their health at risk.

If you are concerned about safety in your workplace, get in touch here – www.mcstrike.uk/SafetyConcerns

The Covid-19 pandemic shows how we must “Build Back Better” and ensure McDonald’s respects its workforce: pays us a #LivingWage of £15/hour, gives us guaranteed hours, and respects our right to join a union. #WeWillWin

For further information on McDonald’s dividends you can read the Memo “McDONALD’S CHOICE TO PRIORITIZE SHAREHOLDERS OVER WORKERS” here.

Hospitality and fastfood workers join video call to win #100Percent pay

Almost 100 hospitality and fast food workers from across the country joined a mass video call to share their plans to win #100Percent.

McDonald’s, KFC, and Wetherspoons workers spoke out about their plans to win #100Percent pay during the corona virus lockdown. They were joined by a Greggs worker who already receives #100Percent pay because they’re part of a union.

Watch the video below:

During the call, workers stepped up to take action together to win 100percent.

“We can only win if we all come together and take action. If you’re ready to join us, and win #100Percent sign up to take action here. www.mcstrike.uk/myplantowin”