The Fair Work Commission has approved the SDA’s application to negotiate a new Enterprise Agreement for McDonald’s workers.
This is a massive win for Macca’s workers and an important step towards negotiating a new McDonald’s Agreement that will cover both corporate and franchisee stores.
This decision gives McDonald’s workers a real say when it comes to their workplace conditions and your pay.
For more than five years, McDonald’s has refused to negotiate with workers or the union about pay and conditions.
Most McDonald’s workers are paid under the Fast Food Award – the legal minimum. But McDonald’s is the largest and most profitable fast food company in the world, and we believe workers deserve better than the bare minimum.
By winning this case, the Fair Work Commission has agreed that McDonald’s franchisees and corporate stores can be required to bargain with workers and the SDA for a new McDonald’s Agreement.
A national McDonald’s Agreement will set out the pay, conditions and entitlements of McDonald’s workers.
What does this mean for current negotiations occurring with South Australian franchisees?
The SDA has lodged our application seeking for South Australian franchisees to be included into this national enterprise agreement – so all Macca’s workers can bargain together.
What happens next?
This decision clears the way for negotiations towards a National Enterprise Agreement, with new SA franchises included from the outset and our existing SA agreement to follow.
What does the SDA want to negotiate at McDonald’s?
- Better pay
- Fairer rosters
- More say over your working conditions