Friday, March 17, 2006

New Zealand: organising McDonalds!

They said it couldn't be done.

They said you can't organize young, minimum wage workers at places like Starbucks, Pizza Hut, and McDonald's.

But the plucky New Zealand union known as "Unite" wasn't listening, and stunned the world a few weeks ago by launching the first-ever strike at Starbucks.


Now they've taken on McDonald's, and they are serious about challenging one of the most ruthlessly anti-union corporations on the planet. They're signing up workers, taking the company to court, and launching a global campaign to flood McDonald's in New Zealand with thousands of email protest messages.

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Support campaign now:

http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=80

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