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120 lines
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DO YOU WORK FOR McDONALD'S?
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ARE YOU SICK OF LOW WAGES?
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Would you prefer a decent pay rise, guaranteed hours, overtime pay
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and an end to humiliating "performance reviews"?
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ARE YOU SICK OF SEEING PEOPLE INJURED?
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Even McDonald's admit that burns, slips and falls etc are BIG
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problems.
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ARE YOU SICK OF BEING BOSSED AROUND?
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Do you want RIGHTS, and freedom from being constantly watched and
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treated like being in the Army? Do you want an end to harassment
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and unfair dismissals?
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ARE YOU SICK OF POOR WORKING CONDITIONS?
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Do you want relief from continual pressures to work hard, to
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'hustle', to cut corners with safety procedures? Do you want
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decent breaks, and to smile when YOU feel like it?
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ARE YOU SICK OF McDONALD'S?
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Are you fed up with all the crawling to bigwigs from Head Office,
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the company's inane propaganda, and their processed food?
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DO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ?
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Did you know that McDonald's spends well over one billion dollars
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worldwide every year on ads and promotions to boost their image -
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yet they can't, for example, find a single penny to pay overtime.
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The aim is: get profits UP, and wage costs DOWN.
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No wonder so many chuck the job in. But those who stay can fight
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to improve things....See over for details of what you can do.
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Phone 0171 249 8086
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to contact the McDonald's Workers Support Group.
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STANDING UP TO McDONALD'S
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There have been disputes and strikes in a number of countries, and
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in some the company has been forced to accept trade unions and
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workers' rights. In Canada last year a 16 year old crew member,
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keeping it secret from management, single-handedly signed up over
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half of the workers in her store into a trade union.
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Managers Arrested - at this moment in France, 5 Store Managers
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are awaiting trial for refusing to recognize crew members' rights
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and trade union elections in their stores. A strike has also taken
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place there.
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McDonald's On Trial At The High Court - The company's business
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practices are currently under the spotlight in a mammoth libel
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trial at the High Court in London (set to continue till December
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1995). Two supporters of London Greenpeace are defending leaflets
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criticizing McDonald's, including a whole section criticizing crew
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pay and conditions.
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35 ex-workers have come forward to help them by giving evidence of
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what really goes on inside the stores. This will benefit all
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McDonald's workers by forcing the company onto the defensive. So
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now's the time to organize!
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"Its their right to join a Union if they so choose."
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- Paul Preston, McDonald's UK President, in the High Court,
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5.7.94
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
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Obviously you'll need to be careful. But you can:
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- copy these leaflets to give secretly to your mates, including at
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other stores
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- find out and demand your legal rights, and use company grievance
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procedures
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- anonymously tip off local press and others about in-store
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conditions (including food quality and hygiene)
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- refuse to play the 'hustle' game
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- build up solidarity amongst staff by getting together in the
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crew room, or better still by socializing together or organizing
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meetings outside the store to talk about problems
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- secretly join a trade union and get others to do so as well.
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HOW WE CAN HELP - We're trades unionists and low paid workers like
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yourselves who've clubbed together to set up the McDonald's
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Workers Support Group. We can provide information on your legal
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rights - industrial tribunals, health and safety rights,
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employment and anti-discrimination laws.
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We can send you more of these leaflets (free), plus more detailed
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ones. Also general advice on standing up to McDonald's - we've had
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the same sort of experiences as you have! Most importantly we're
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building up a nationwide support network to provide information
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and to promote solidarity for all McDonald's workers wanting to
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fight for their rights. We know that people gain confidence and
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strength when they have back-up.
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Some McDonald's workers have already contacted us about getting
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involved. How about you and your workmates? For more details
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contact us at the address/phone number below. Send us your ideas
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or grievances! All info treated confidentially.
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McDonald's Workers Support Group - Phone 0171 249 8086 (24hrs).
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c/o Hackney Trade Union Support Unit, Colin Roach Centre, 10a
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Bradbury St, London N16.
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