Half of Restaurant Brands' 4000 New Zealand workers are set to walk off the job tomorrow after negotiations for a new collective agreement broke down. Restaurant Brands operates New Zealand's KFC, Pizza Hut, Carl's Jr and Starbucks Coffee franchises and has branched out to Australian KFC stores and Taco Bell and Pizza Hut businesses in Hawaii. "We've welcomed it with McDonald's because it establishes the principle that they're no longer a minimum wage employer," he said. "It's silly of Restaurant Brands to pick a fight with us over these issues because they're actually hugely profitable at the moment." Restaurant Brands chief executive Russel Creedy wasn't immediately available for comment.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 21, 2017 00:45 UTC