Workers making McDonald’s sweet and sour sauce, KFC gravy and Aeroplane Jelly have gone on an indefinite strike to try to force their employer to agree to pay rises after years of flat wages.
About 80 workers at McCormick Australia’s factory in Clayton, south east of Melbourne, walked out on Thursday after failing to reach a new enterprise agreement in the more than four years since their last deal expired.
McCormick workers have gone on an indefinite strike.Credit:Paul Jeffers
But the company insists no customers will be forced to eat their nuggets dry or their chips plain, saying its supply of a range of sauces to corporate customers would not be affected.
At issue in negotiations to replace the 2014-16 agreement, which remains in force while talks continue, are workers’ penalty rates, overtime and paid meal breaks, which the United Workers Union says McCormick wants to reduce.
