Migrant Rights Centre Ireland PRESS NOTICE

9 March 2010 Restaurant Workers to Stage Protest at Supermac’s, Responding to Industry’s Attack on Wages. Visuals to include picket signs and banners. Monday, 15 MarchStart: 1:00pm. End: 2:00pm.Supermac’s, O’Connell St., Dublin The Restaurant Workers Action Group, established by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, will be staging a protest on Monday, 15th March at 1:00pm, at Supermac’s on O’Connell St. in Dublin. Supermac’s is part of the Quick Service Food Alliance, an industry group mounting a legal challenge to the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) system which sets wages for the restaurant industry. Although Supermac’s saw its pre-tax profits quadruple last year, it is joining other restaurants in challenging wage protections for its workers. Many of these workers are already on low wages, and are struggling to survive in the current recession. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is a national organisation working to promote justice, empowerment and equality for migrant workers and their families. Its Restaurant Workers Action Group works to improve conditions for restaurant workers across the country. Contact: Delphine O’Keeffe (Communications Officer) – 087 241 0039