For my people in the shops and on the streets, being loud and clear to say that we care for more than just peanuts and we deserve better than the disrespect we encounter for too long…
I miss my colleagues, working with them shoulder to shoulder, so I march with them shoulder to shoulder…. This is for them… more to come ………
A Message to Chains
One of those mornings
when I enter the shop
waiting for my colleagues to arrive
I am extremely down that day
but I keep going
Setting up the coffee machine
putting the frozen croissants into the oven
answering the phone to a colleague calling sick
putting down the phone
picking up my heart
I keep going
My team’s starting to trickle in
one by one, tired but Pret A Faire
I’m glad to see them
we all disperse to our jobs
and later the boss arrives
but I keep going
Noon-time
I want to press the snooze button
No! I want to smash it!
So exhausted!
but I keep going
Hours missing from my pay
getting told off for nothing
rota changed without notice
and I keep going
Made a mistake
nothing much
but a catastrophe for my boss
so I keep crawling
going to work without pay
without help, with no meaning…
being bullied…
I keep going
and I strike
I strike
I strike back!
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Fast-food Workers Strike, Leicester Square, London, nationwide and in other countries 4th October 2018.
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Bullied during bereavement in Pret A Manger 