{"id":15310,"date":"2018-05-31T15:22:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=15310"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:43","slug":"get-house-order-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=15310","title":{"rendered":"‘Get your house in order’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Workers at TGI Fridays\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 restaurants in Milton Keynes, the Trafford Centre Greater Manchester, London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden will stage their third 24 hour walk-out this Friday as the dispute over tips and alleged minimum wage breaches hits the chain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brand reputation.<\/p>\n

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Bruce the burger \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the strikers mascot – will be back on the picket lines in London between 1.30 – 2.30pm and again between 5.30-7.00pm -protesting the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tip policy change which is costing low waged waiting staff up to \u00c2\u0141250 a month in lost wages, as well as numerous alleged breaches of the minimum wage and contractual entitlements.<\/p>\n

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Strikers from the Trafford Centre Greater Manchester will stage an hour long protest from 1.30 at Bridgewater Circle. Workers from Milton Keynes Stadium will stage a picket outside the restaurant between 5.30-7pm.<\/p>\n

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Unite has warned TGI Fridays owner, Electra Private Equity to get its house in order, following last week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s announcement that the London-listed investment group, which has a 78 per cent in TGI Fridays, has put itself up for sale.<\/p>\n

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At 11.15am strikers and supporters in London, along with Bruce the burger will deliver a letter, first to Investment bank Greenhill which has been appointed to oversee the sale -before moving to Electra\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s London headquarters-warning potential buyers of the considerable reputational damage already caused to the TGI Friday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brand because of the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refusal to sit down with the union to settle the dispute.<\/p>\n

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A recent YouGov poll has revealed that the TGI Fridays brand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s impression score (whether someone has a positive impression of a brand) has taken a hit since February when reports of the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to take 40 per cent of waiters\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 tips without consultation first hit the headlines. The brand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reputation score has also fallen, dropping from four to zero over the same period.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTGI Fridays\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 refusal to listen to workers is to blame for the considerable reputational damage suffered by the brand in the past few months,” said\u00c2\u00a0Unite regional officer Dave Turnbull.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bCustomers don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like exploitation\u00e2\u20ac\u201cthe company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to redirect 40 per cent of waiters\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to the kitchen teams in lieu of a pay rise, with just two days\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 notice and without consultation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a move costing low waged workers \u00c2\u0141250 a month in lost wages – is hugely exploitative,” he added.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnpaid trial shifts, making low waged workers complete compulsory training in their own time, without getting paid and cheating workers out of money they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re rightfully owed-is also exploitative and fundamentally wrong. The public gets this, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a shame that TGI Fridays does not.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTGI Fridays and restaurant chains like it are risking their brand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reputation if they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get their houses in order and start paying staff a wage they can live on and treat them with respect.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWith the chain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s owner, Electra, putting itself up for sale, the time has come for common sense to prevail. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to get around the table to find a sensible solution and a better way forward.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTGI Fridays is warned that our members are more determined than ever. The strike is solid, more workers are joining the union every day. We will not back down until the company sits down with us to settle this dispute.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Workers at TGI Fridays\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 restaurants in Milton Keynes, the Trafford Centre Greater Manchester, London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden will stage their third 24 hour walk-out this Friday as the dispute over tips and alleged minimum wage breaches hits the chain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brand reputation.   Bruce the burger \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the strikers mascot – will be back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[888,846],"wps_subtitle":"TGI Fridays\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 owner warned as workers strike for third time","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26162,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15310\/revisions\/26162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}