Unite union has accused McDonald's and Burger King of trying to cheat their staff out of their rights under both the collective agreements and the law. On Oct. 10, Restaurant Brands and Unite Union amended their collective agreement put an end to "zero hours" contracts at KFC, Pizza Hutt, Starbucks and Carls Jr. The fast-food chains had been criticised for signing workers up to contracts that do not guarantee any hours.

The union planned to file court documents within the next two weeks. Unite would be taking both companies to court to challenge their "cheating" and attempts to "wriggle" out of legal and contractual requirements they were forced to sign under public pressure last year.