Staff at Two U.K. McDonald’s Restaurants Vote for First Strike
- Dispute is over grievance procedures, zero-hour contracts
- Staff to seek pay rise, cite success of U.S. counterparts
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McDonald’s Corp. workers at two restaurants in England have voted in favor of a strike, in what would be the first industrial action by staff of the American fast-food chain in the U.K.
Employees at one site in Crayford, near London, and a second in Cambridgeshire were balloted following a dispute over the use of zero-hour contracts and the company’s handling of internal grievances.