Uber Eats and Deliveroo riders to strike alongside McDonald's, Wetherspoons and TGI Fridays employees
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This is only the beginning, we will keep fighting for everyone, for better wages and rights for hospitality workers across the country” The hospitality sector employs around 4.5 million people – ten per cent of the UK’s working population. Boni Adeliyi, a TGI Fridays waitress in Milton Keynes said: “We’re striking on 4 October to show the strength we have when workers come together. Together we are stronger.” Striking McDonald’s worker Lauren McCourt said the industrial action could transform the sector for the better. A McDonald’s spokesperson said the company was “disappointed” to hear about planned UK strikes and said the numbers of people involved represented an “extremely small proportion” of its 120,000 workforce.
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