On this day, 16 March 1979, workers at Ireland’s first two McDonald’s restaurants in Dublin walked out on strike for better pay and union recognition. Despite court injunctions on picketing, and McDonald’s bribing scabs with free fries, the strikers stayed out for 6 months and won concessions including a 24% pay increase. McDonald’s, however, continued to mistreat the workers (e.g., cutting hours to negate pay increases) with no retaliation from the ITGWU which the workers organised with. Here is a great short account of the strike and its outcome: https://ift.tt/2HGQoVb https://ift.tt/2HlKMDy
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