Unite hospitality workers took to Belfast’s streets today (December 12) to “lift the lid” on widespread exploitation and sexual harassment of young staff in bars, restaurants and hotels. The…Read more…
‘100 per cent support’
TGI Fridays Manchester staff met with shadow chancellor John McDonnell today (June 1), during their third 24-hour strike over a new tipping policy that will see workers lose up to £250 a month….Read more…
‘We won’t back down’
TGI Fridays workers at two restaurants in Milton Keynes and Covent Garden took part in their first ever strike today (May 18) over a new tipping policy that sees waiters lose £250 a month. …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…
Tip theft scandal
Unite urged shareholders and investors of Electra, the private equity firm which has a 78 per cent stake in TGI Fridays, to ‘stand up for workers’ by putting pressure on the American dining chain to…Read more…
Paying to work
In the latest example of shocking tipping practices at UK restaurants, it has been revealed that a chain of Italian restaurants operating in Bristol, Bath, Milton Keynes, Portishead, Worthing, and…Read more…