A Hong Kong artist known for advocating labour rights has claimed he was sacked by McDonald’s for violating the fast food chain’s social media rules after he called for employees to be paid for their meal times.
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Luke Ching Chin-wai, 53, a part-time janitor who worked at a McDonald’s outlet in Fortune Plaza Arcade in Tai Po for six months, said he was informed on Sunday morning his contract had been terminated.
The Post was not able to immediately confirm the reason for the move and has reached out to McDonald’s for comment.
Ching last week wrote an open letter to the company’s CEO suggesting the company resume mealtime pay for employees, a policy that was abolished in 2009. He also posted content online in support of making the change.
In the open letter published by Ming Pao, he said the deduction of an hour of pay for meal time during an eight-hour shift would in effect lower the hourly wage from HK$45 (US$5.8) to HK$39.38, which is 60 HK cents less than the minimum rate.
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“The senior management, whom I don’t want to name, told me I was not fired, but the company decided to end the employment,” he told the Post.