The former operator of a McDonald’s franchise in South Australia has agreed to pay $275,000 in fines and penalties to end court action over a long-running anti-union campaign among employees. 7NEWS
has agreed to pay $275,000 in fines and penalties to end court action over a long-running anti-union campaign among employees.
“McDonald’s Murray Bridge workers were bullied, intimidated and threatened because they stood up for themselves and their co-workers,” SDA state secretary Josh Peak said.Former McDonald’s worker Heather Hammond said she witnessed senior management’s campaign to keep workers out of the union and to punish those who joined.
ACTU President Michele O’Neil said the settlement reinforced the legal right of all workers to join a union. “This individual is no longer a franchisee within the McDonald’s system. In fact, they left the McDonald’s system in May 2021,” the company said.
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