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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 21:50:26
From: David Briars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: McDonald's closes unionized franchise
Subject: McDonald's closes unionized franchise
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998
From: David J Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
McDonald's closes unionized franchise
McDonald's have managed to maintain their union-free image despite a
overwhelming vote by the staff at a Quebec outlet to join the Teamsters union.
The mainly part-time, minimum wage staff voted 80 per cent in favour of
joining a union last year despite the best efforts of the McMurder Corp. to
"persuade" them not to.
Faced with this, the franchise owner announced February 13th the restaurant
would close.
He denies that the closure has anything to do with the impending union
certification, and says it was purely due to the franchise not making a
profit.
No one else is buying this argument. Steve MacDonald, a former staff member
who voted to
certify, told CBC Newsworld that he believed the decision was simply
another anti-union move on the part of McDonald's, and nearly all of the
customers interviewed felt the same way.
Clement Godbout, of the Quebec Federation of Labour, said the federation
would consider a boycott of the multi-national as a result of this action.
Newsworld were denied an interview with staff, so visited the drive-through
window to speak to them.
"When do you go for your break?" asked the reporter.
"I don't get a break'" replied the drive-through server.
"Funny," commented the reporter, "I thought 'Have you had your break
today?' was McDonald's motto."
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