RATES OF PAY AT MCDONALD'S

That this House warmly congratulates the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union on successfully pressuring the management of the fast food giant McDonald's to award staff in company-owned stores the largest pay increase in 10 years; notes that this pay award followed last year's historic industrial action, the first since McDonald's first opened in the UK; calls on all franchise-operated stores to match these pay levels; and further calls on McDonald's UK to enter into a formal trade union recognition agreement, to facilitate national collective bargaining and to address ongoing concerns over issues such as health and safety in the workplace.