Workers at TGI Friday’s restaurants in Milton Keynes (Stadium) and Covent Garden, London take their first ever strike action on Friday, May 18 in a dispute over tips and minimum wage abuses which…Read more…
Unite celebrates May Day
Unite joined throngs of protesters today (May 1) for the annual May Day march in London, where hundreds called for an end to austerity and better pay, terms and conditions for working people, among…Read more…
‘Respect and dignity’
Given the often dreary and unpredictable British weather, the ancient celebration of May Day as the beginning of summer can seem a tad premature. However, the first of May also marks another…Read more…
Stop serving up exploitation
May Day for some Unite members will have a special significance this year. It will mark 673 days since the Tory government promised to review the chronic mess that is tipping policy in this country….Read more…
‘We will not be ignored’
Workers at TGI Fridays Trafford Centre in Manchester and Haymarket in London are being balloted for strike action, as the second in a series of rolling strike ballot hits the American dining chain in…Read more…
TGI Fridays demo
Dozens came out to protest TGI Fridays’ unfair tipping practices and unpaid trial shifts in a demo organised by Unite on Friday (April 13) outside the restaurant chain’s Covent Garden…Read more…
‘The courage to fight back’
The first strikes in a UK casual dining chain in decades have moved a step closer today (April 11), after Unite notified TGI Fridays that it will be balloting workers in two branches for strike…Read more…
‘Named and shamed’ again
Ahead of today’s (March 16) private members’ bill to outlaw unpaid trial shifts, members of Unite, working for the American dining chain TGI Fridays, have revealed that the company uses unpaid…Read more…