SpoonStrike

The Wetherspoon employees that striked for the first time in the company’s history. Fighting for workers rights during the Corona crisis. @bfawu1 #spoonstrike

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

THREAD: WETHERSPOON WORKER’S DEMANDS ON OUR RETURN TO WORK

Sign the petition: https://t.co/GuHECt4ixm (1/5)

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

Solidarity with @baylis_rachael and workers at The Walrus (City Pub Group) in Brighton. No one should be forced to work when sick. No one should lose their job for putting the health of others first.

Please donate to this fund for Walrus workers:
https://t.co/lrxQ2ochW3

[PCS Culture Group @PCSCultureGroup]

"300+ staff losing their jobs within Tate Retail. Apparently we’re not really part of @Tate. What a kick in the teeth for all us who work hard to bring in the money to support Tate’s ongoing artistic programme."
Thats why we protesting this morning #CultureInCrisis #SaveTateJobs

[Molotov @teargasmolotov]

So not only are we stressed, we are too busy to keep an eye on the customers, complete cleaning tasks, and are unable to sufficiently distance from eachother. Things are not going back to normal for us, its getting worse. #Wetherspoons

[Molotov @teargasmolotov]

Now people are becoming more comfortable going out, we're getting busier. Our hours dont reflect this at all, we dont have enough staff working in the pub for the ammount of customers we have.

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

Rather than #NeverSpoons, you can help us by encouraging pub workers to join our campaign.

Pub workers, make sure your thoughts on the reopen are heard here: https://t.co/X60h0cjVwm

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

One week since we reopened means one week of a lack of social distancing, skeleton staffing, and hours cuts.

Pete is here to tell us why it’s important now more than ever to come together as a union, to ensure Wetherspoons no long put profit before people

[Samuel Sweek 🇵🇸🇨🇺 @samuelsweek]

This is just one of the many gaping holes in the Chancellor's announcement.

With the incentives for people to go to Spoons and boost profits, staff will be working harder and have not been given a real living wage or SSP. @SpoonStrike

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

With Rishi’s announcement for 5% VAT in hospitality and #eatouttohelpout comes a wave of disappointment.

Wetherspoons stands to make quite a profit from this - the least that we ask is that profit is passed down to the staff in the form of a living wage and full sick pay.

[Luke MacGregor @Sci_isPolitical]

I worked for the company for 4 years and the disregard for its workers would be comical if it wasn’t so depressing

[Sheffield Needs A Pay Rise @SheffPayRise]

Low wage workers are facing the worst of this crisis.

Join the movement so we can protect ourselves and each other.

https://t.co/uhh7uhfeav

[James Greig @jamesdgreig]

I interviewed a bartender and trade unionist about what it was like working in a pub last Saturday, how you can be a better customer, and whether you should boycott Spoons https://t.co/zHlz5WAUEt

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

Going back was hard, but by coming together we can find a way through this.
The supportive spaces in our unionised workplaces are invaluable, and necessary, for the protection of our mental and physical health. https://t.co/6V0duoDBwr

[Danny Beard 🤡 @thedannybeard]

The fact that the staff at Weatherspoons are having to ask people to sign a petition for there basic health and safety, & money they are owed is fucking abysmal. The owner is a BILLIONAIRE! To provide everything on this list would be like me or you forking out a few hundred quid!

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

It’s clear on our return to work that this is the case - we are being put at risk. We are then being punished for contracting Covid with statutory sick pay at £95 a week. #pubsopen https://t.co/qONry8Xvrj

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

We’re hearing some horror stories about last night, and it seems clear that social distancing is not happening in pubs. 😷 Make sure to let us know how it went here https://t.co/X60h0cjVwm and be a part of the change #pubsopen

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

If you happen to visit a Wetherspoons today, remind the workers to join the union, and advise them to fill out the Workers Risk Assessment so we can keep pubs safe https://t.co/X60h0cjVwm

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

@shybairn Hi there, just to clarify that no staff were fired - we were told we would be furloughed initially without pay until the furlough scheme paid out, leaving us without pay for 6 weeks when we’re normally paid weekly. This decision was then u-turned due to our campaign.

[SpoonStrike @SpoonStrike]

Opening at 6am or not - many Wetherspoons staff will be working from as early as 5am to get the pubs ready, and if they do happen to contract Covid they’ll be sent home with only SSP. Not such a super Saturday for us!