cathkaesque:

We’re approaching day 50 of the Stuart/Just Eat strike now. We have had to shift our targets, as it was difficult to sustain a boycott of McDonalds - now we strike Greggs and all takeaways in the Woodseats area of Sheffield during lunchtimes. Stuart has given serious concessions: a new insurance system, reintroduction of paid waiting times, and a permanent 1.2 multiplier on during lunchtimes - introduced in order to undermine the strike. Strikes have restarted in Chesterfield now, and Middlesborough have joined as well.

A hard core of activist drivers have emerged who have the guts to take guerrilla actions against the fast food companies. By driving their cars into the drive throughs of the restaurants at lunch time and refusing to move, they can seriously disrupt their operations. This Sunday (6th Feb), we hit McDonalds Farm Road and KFC Queens Street.

These guerrilla actions are drawing drivers back who had left us due to the financial impact the strike was having on them, as well as raising morale of the drivers. The main limiter for actions is funds for strike pay. These are workers who have no guaranteed sick pay, minimum wage, holiday pay, and have to bear the costs of the upkeep of their vehicles themselves. After these costs they rarely make the minimum wage. In order to sustain this action we are burning through money and need financial support - please please please donate to the strike fund here.