Restaurant and UberEats workers strike over low pay and precarious contracts

Workers from several UK food chains are on strike and holding a rally in London today calling for pay rises – the BBC reports.

A number of employees from JD Wetherspoon, McDonald's and TGI Fridays, along with drivers from UberEats, are taking part in the industrial action, which has been organised by War On Want, Unite and the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers unions.

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The McDonald’s, TGI Fridays and Wetherspoons workers are calling for better working conditions, pay of £10 an hour and an end to ‘precarious’ contracts. UberEats drivers want to be paid £5 per delivery, and a further £1 per mile for each delivery.

"The fact that UberEats drivers have decided to strike on the same day as us shows that low pay is an issue that affects people across the industry," a spokesman from the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) told the BBC.