Picket Burger Fuel Saturday 4th of September @ 12 noon - 2pm. Help bring home our first 90-day victory!

Submitted by SimonOosterman (not verified) on 25 August 2010 - 3:55pm

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Joanne Bartlett was fired on day 89 of her 90 day trial period at Mission Bay Burger Fuel. She was fired just after asking for more than one 10 minute break during her eight hour shift. Joanne received high grades in the company's training program, has culinary school qualifications and regularly worked extra shifts when asked. No reason was given for her
dismissal.

Activists picketed her store last Friday. During the picket company chief executive Josef Roberts told TV3 that Burger Fuel franchises would use the 90 day bill again in the future. When the cameras stopped rolling, Roberts pleaded with the picketers to stop as the store had lost their entire lunch trade which would significantly impact on their tight margins.

This CEO told Unite that he would make an agreement with them if they stopped taking action...Burger fuel has since reneged on its agreement.

It's time to send Burger Fuel a clear message. We need to picket as many stores as we can on the same day at the same time and drive the message home.

It is important for the workers movement that we get a concrete win at Burger Fuel. Not only do we need to send a strong message to other employers that we won't stop until we win, we need to show activists that there is action that they can be involved in that works and is fun.

That's why we are organising another round of protests on Saturday 4th of September from 12 noon - 2pm during Burger Fuels busiest lunch break. The first action in Auckland was successful and Wellington activists were successful the following day. It will work again, but this time it will hurt them more.

We need unions and activist groups to commit to adopting/organising a store and to appoint a contact person to help organise others to attend.

Already Australian unionists have agreed to picket the two Sydney Burger Fuels.

We are currently developing flyers and other materials for the picket and we will get them to you before the action.

Below you will find a list of stores. Please email me back at simon.oosterman@ndu.org.nz or contact me at 021 922 551 and let me know if:

a) You can join a picket,

b) The store you can picket and

c) If you (or someone from your organisation) can commit to being a contact person and help organise the picket at that store.

In the areas with multiple stores we may meet up at a single store before the picket to see what numbers we have on the day to make sure we’ve got enough for each store. (It will also make a better photo oppourtunity!)

Company

Store

Region

Phone Number

Store location

Burger Fuel

Albany

Auckland

1.01

94152315

Albany- 7 Mercari Way Albany North North Shore

Burger Fuel

Takapuna

Auckland

1.02

94894889

Takapuna- 22 Anzac St Takapuna Auckland 0622

Burger Fuel

Glenfield

Auckland

1.03

94440118

407 Glenfield Rd, Glenfield, Auckland, Next to Glenfield Mall

Burger Fuel

Windsor Park

Auckland

1.04

94784366

Unit 3 Windsor Park 544 East Coast Rd Mairangi Bay Auckland

Burger Fuel

Mission Bay

Auckland

1.05

95210400

61 Tamaki Drive, Mission Bay

Burger Fuel

Ponsonby

Auckland

1.06

93786466

Ponsonby- 114 Ponsonby Rd Ponsonby Auckland 1011

Burger Fuel

Parnell

Auckland

1.07

93773345

Parnell- 187 Parnell Rd Parnell Auckland 1052

Burger Fuel

CBD

Auckland

1.08

93090660

Queen Street- 291 Queen St Auckland Central Auckland

Burger Fuel

Mt Eden

Auckland

1.09

96300290

Mt Eden- 214 Dominion Rd Mt Eden Auckland 1024

Burger Fuel

Lincoln Rd

Auckland

1.1

98387746

Henderson- 155 Lincoln Rd Henderson Auckland 0610

Burger Fuel

Syvlia Park

Auckland

1.11

95730100

Shop 73 286 Mt Wellington Hwy, Slyvia Park Shopping Complex

Burger Fuel

Ellerslie

Auckland

1.12

95257752

Ellerslie- 2 Robert St Ellerslie Auckland 1051

Burger Fuel

New Lynn

Auckland

1.13

98276009

New Lynn- 3074 Great North Rd New Lynn Auckland 0600

Burger Fuel

Manukau

Auckland

1.14

92777705

Manukau- 597 Great South Rd Manukau Auckland 2104

Burger Fuel

Botany Downs

Auckland

1.15

92722499

Botany Downs- 451 Ti Rakau Dve Botany Downs Auckland 2013

Burger Fuel

Cameron Rd

Tauranga

75718677

Cnr Cameron Rd & 12th Ave Tauranga 3112

Burger Fuel

Victoria Street

Hamilton

78382400

213 Victoria Street Hamilton 3204

Burger Fuel

Five Cross Roads

Hamilton

78550088

Five Cross Roads 230 Peachgrove Rd Hamilton

Burger Fuel

Rotorua

73484860

223 Fenton St Rotorua

Burger Fuel

Taupo

73780002

2 Roberts St Taupo 3330

Burger Fuel

New Plymouth

67699102

66 Eliot St New Plymouth 4310

Burger Fuel

Napier

68354445

70 Carlyle St Napier 4110

Burger Fuel

Palmerston North

63547778

84 Fitzherbert Ave Palmerston North 4410

Burger Fuel

Johnsonville

Wellington

44774008

103 Johnsonville Rd Johnsonville Wellington 6037

Burger Fuel

Lower Hutt

Wellington

45861243

529 High St Lower Hutt Wellington

Burger Fuel

Courtenay Place

Wellington

48019222

101 Courtenay Place, Under Saatchi & Saatchi

Burger Fuel

Sydney

Burger Fuel

Newton

Sydney

Unions are illegal in Dubai and Saudi Arabia and it is too dangerous to organise pickets there.

I can attend a picket at this store:

I can be a contact person

I can help organise the picket

My organisation can help organise a picket

Your name

Your Organisation

Your email

Your cellphone

In Solidarity,

Simon Oosterman

Pak 'n Save and New World Organiser (Auckland)

National Distribution Union

m. +64 (0)21 922 551

dd. +64 (0)9 622 8433

f. +64 (0) 9 622 8353

e. simon.oosterman@ndu.org.nz

skype. simonoosterman

w. www.ndu.org.nz

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