McDonald’s faces its first strike since it opened in the UK in 1974, with workers at branches in Cambridge and Crayford staging strikes in a row over the use of zero-hours contracts and ‘inexplicably’ low pay.
McDonald’s corporation has announced that David Fairhurst has been promoted to Senior Vice President of international human resources and strategy. Read more.
Fresh from a winning a successful campaign to stop zero contract culture at Hovis in Wigan, the Bakers union BFAWU has agreed to work with other groups to address the lack of fairness and justice for workers in the UK’s fast-food industry. Recent announcements from these hugely profitable companies regarding their use of unpaid labour…
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) recently reported that one in five vacancies are caused by a skills shortage. Through its 2013 Employer Skills Survey, UKCES found that 146,200 job vacancies last year were unfilled because of inadequate skills, a figure that has almost doubled in two years. This made me think about…
learndirect is helping to improve the skills of employees at McDonald’s thanks to a new partnership announced today. learndirect now provides the maths and English courses offered to McDonald’s employees and completed by all apprentices with the company. McDonald’s crew access their maths and English courses through the McDonald’s learning portal, ourlounge, and get remote support from…
With David Cameron calling on the nation to show the world how good our customer service is – the race begins to make sure we’re up to it. In just under nine months the eyes of the world will be focussed on London, with billions set to tune in to the Olympic Games from right…