The workers are members of the Retail and Fast Food Workers’ Union (RAFFWU). They decided take industrial action after BRTD management refused an agreement that includes making $25 an hour the minimum rate of pay, workplace safety and sexual harassment protections and job security clauses.
RAFFWU secretary Josh Cullinan told an online forum discussing the campaign on July 14 that workers were preparing to escalate their action if management did not respond positively.
As this is exactly what followed, BRTD workers put new bans on work associated with web orders.
Management then announced it was locking out the workers.
RAFFWU pointed to the hypocrisy of an employer trading on “progressive ideals” to lock our workers “who just want secure, safe jobs”.