After winning only partial success in negotiations begun on 8 March, women janitors at the Appart’City Internationale Hotel at Caluire, near Lyon, France voted to stop work until they were payed their back overtime in full : No wages, no work. The work stoppage was set for March 30. They won full back overtime before […]
Friday the 13th : Stop the McJackpot
At Paris on Friday, January 13th, employees and citizens gathered for a McJackpot in several Parisian restaurants. Together, they denounced the shameful McDonald’s practices that use low salaries combined with tax evasion to hit the jackpot ! McDonald’s employees from the McDonald’s Paris IDF CGT Union went on strike with the support of students and […]
In Europe, McDonald’s continues to abuse its employees – Feedback on Tony Royle and Vincent Pasquier ‘s meeting
Last week in Paris and Grenoble, Management Researchers Tony Royle and Vincent Pasquier held two conferences organized by ReAct and the Pouvoir d’Agir association (Power to Act) on the McDonald’s system, as the leader of its sector and the world’s second largest employer. Conference at the Engrenage, collective bar in Grenoble Citizens, activists, union representatives, […]
Special Christmas Offer at Part-Dieu Shopping Center : Work for free
In Lyon France, there is a growing movement among women janitorial employees at the downtown Part-Dieu shopping center. Confronted with anti-union threats and bad working conditions, the employees at SAMSIC have won most of their demands. Union action pays off big ! On 22 December, in the middle of last-minute Christmas shoppers, over 50 union […]