Hello Comrades & Fellow Workers, Please post in message boards relating to McDonald's, or any other fast food restaurant. Print-out and distribute to anyone you know who works at a fast food restaurant. **************************************************** DO YOU WORK FOR McDONALD'S? (OR KNOW ANYONE WHO DOES? - IF SO, PASS THIS ON) ARE YOU SICK OF LOW WAGES? Would you prefer a decent payraise, guaranteed hours, overtime pay and an end to humiliating "performance reviews"? ARE YOU SICK OF SEEING PEOPLE INJURED? Even McDonald's admits that burns, slips and falls etc. are BIG problems. ARE YOU SICK OF BEING BOSSED AROUND? Do you want RIGHTS, and freedom from being constantly watched and treated like being in the Army? Do you want an end to harassment and unfair dismissals? ARE YOU SICK OF POOR WORKING CONDITIONS? Do you want relief from continual pressures to work hard, to 'hustle', to cut corners with safety procedures? Do you want decent breaks, and to smile when YOU feel like it? ARE YOU SICK OF McDONALD'S? Are you fed up with all the crawling to bigwigs from Head Office, the company's inane propaganda, and their processed food? DO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ? Did you know that McDonald's spends well over $2 billion worldwide every year on ads and promotions to boost their image - yet they can't, for example, find a single penny to pay overtime. The aim is: get profits UP, and wage costs DOWN. No wonder so many chuck the job in. But those who stay can fight to improve things. "It's their right to join a Union if they so choose." Paul Preston (McDonald's UK President) in the High Court, 5th July 1994 WHAT YOU CAN DO - Obviously you'll need to be careful. But you can: * copy these leaflets to give secretly to your friends, including at other stores * find out and demand your legal rights, and use company grievance procedures * anonymously tip off local press and others about in-store conditions (including food quality and hygiene) * refuse to play the 'hustle' game * build up solidarity amongst staff by getting together in the crew room, or better still by socializing together or organizing meetings outside the store to talk about problems * secretly join a trade union and get others to do so as well. Why not access the 'McSpotlight' Internet site (http://www.mcspotlight.org/). Join the many McDonald's workers and managers sharing their views and experiences by contributing to the McSpotlight on-line discussion forum - the Workers' Debating Room. Contact details: McLibel Support Campaign 5 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9DX, UK. Tel/Fax: +44 (207) 713 1269 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.mcspotlight.org For more information about how to form a Union, go to http://bari.iww.org/homesites/organize.html -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
