McDonalds Workers in New Zealand Win May Day Victory Over Zero Hours Contracts

MarkH
Thu, 30 Apr 2015 22:43:20 +0000
Precarity, Unions, Workplace, International, Newsroom, News, Mark Hoskins

Congratulations to workers at McDonalds and their union, Unite in New Zealand/Aotearoa who have won their battle with the employer and ended zero hour contracts at the fast food giant!

The workers were due to strike today 1st of May, but McDonalds backed down at the last minute. From 1 October 2015, all McDonald's employees will be offered 80 per cent security of hours, up to a 32 hour weekly cap, based on the average of the previous fixed quarterly worked hours.