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Fast food chain McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) is facing a second round of strikes from employees at Crayford, Manchester, Cambridge, one central London branch and two outlets in Watford.
The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) notified McDonald’s about the industrial action by workers in pursuit of higher wages and improved working conditions.
“The union is committed to supporting its members and campaigning for £10 an hour, an end to zero-hour contracts, and to give McDonald’s workers a voice,” said Ian Hodson, president of the BFAWU.
Hodson said on Monday that the BFAWU wish for union representatives from the six stores want to be balloted on issues of pay and be given a choice of fixed hours.
“Workers across the country came together to decide to ballot for industrial action. We want a better deal. We are the McStrikers, and we will not be silent, we will not be scared. We will do whatever it takes to win a better life for all McDonald’s workers,” said McDonald’s employee Tristan Bentley.
The union notified McDonald’s on Monday but plans of the strike are yet to emerge.
“The strikes we had involved 14 members of staff in two restaurants – and they were not about zero-hours contracts or pay but involved the way that some people were treated,” said UK chief executive of McDonald’s last month.
“When you have 120,000 people working for you, you don’t always get everything right. It was about a grievance procedure that wasn’t followed properly.”
Last year, the fast-food chain offered employees a choice between fixed-hour jobs or contracts with flexible hours. 80 percent of employees chose the flexible hours deal.