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add me to your list please 
Great idea. Add me to the list.
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This is great Jeremy! If anyone is interested http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/P...0705/
S00114.htm
and here
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4052326a11.html
Not a blogger - but add me to the list please
Add me to that list please, as this is bloody madness and subway and cops can go eat humble pie and apologize to the poor girl !!
Good stuff - add me to your list
Add me please! Chur!
Put my name on the list please Jeremy
Add me to the list please
Yep, here is another!
Add me...
You can add me to your list.
Perhaps you should set up an online petition or pledge bank?
C
It's sad to see so many people turning out in support of a thief.
Sure, the amount she stole was trivial. But she stole, and she breached her employment contract.
Why on earth are you seeking to pressure her former employers to re-hire her, when it's clear they don't want to?
Hey sign me up too, I've blogged it (and used your banner and your badge too!):
http://spanblather.blogspot.com/...ers-
rights.html
There is a bank account you can donate to, through the AWU.
Also, people may find they have to fiddle a little with the width code on the banner to get it to fit - I took mine down from 1024 to 600.
Duncan, I'm sure you also dob yourself into the police every time you got 1km over the speed limit and go directly to the nearest police station whenever you jay walk.
These pesky subway types.
Hot Damn but I like their food...neverthless add me on.
Red Rasputin
I might have this wrong, but aren't franchises essentially independent businesses who use the same name? So if the managers of the Dunedin store are bastards ... boycotting all the others will have no effect. This boycott would be like punishing a group of siblings because one of them misbehaved.
Anon, franchising is a two-edged sword. Or bread knife, in this case. Subway management endorses the Dunedin store manager's decision by continuing their silence. Guilt by omission, dude.
And me - Peter Wilson
Email SUBWAY HQ:
http://www.subway.com/
subwayroot...merService.aspx
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Also, on the issue of Subways being franchised - who better to pressure the individual franchisee to do the right thing than the chain itself?
Your compulsory bloggers union can also be counted as supporters of this boycott.
I remember my times at that very Subway as a student at 3am drinking my small cup of bottomless raspberry fizzie.
Add me too, please.
What a sad pack of collectivist fuckwits !
This business has fuck all to do with "Subway" - it is an independant franchise - it's the owners of the franchise who should be dealt with, not the brand.. And the depressing fact is that there are a number of right wing bloggers jumping on the 'anti Subway' bandwagon is a sad reflection on our society in general.
30+ years of turgid social engineering has created a generation of fucktards who can't even spell right & wrong, let alone, tell the difference between the two.
No wonder why the West is lost
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Are Subway hq that dumb that they think it's only a local stores issue.
Wat a pack of dumb ass's
The union will be holding a demonstration burning effigies of sandwiches on street corners.
frankly, its disgusting that subway has behaved this way, franchise or business as a whole. I will be boycotting subway until this issue is resolved satisfactory. I've just ripped my rewards card in half, i suspect i wont be needing it. Please add my name to the list!
better add us as well
Aye, I will boycott Subway too.
Yep, put me down - not a blogger just a reader (at this stage!)
Jeremy, there's now an impressive list of blogs supporting the boycott ranging across the political spectrum with ACT, National, Labour, Greens, and Alliance supporters united on this.
I suggest you do a press release (I'm happy to be listed as a co-author) announcing 30+ blogs are supporting the boycott with their message going out to tens of thousands of NZers and that we hope the owners of Subway Dunedin will do the decent thing etc and settle this.
Maybe even make a joke that this surpasses even the smacking compromise for widespread support across the political spectrum.
I've got a e-mail list of all the political media, if you need it.
Good work, count me in!
Count me in... stupid subway.
Add me, although their vegetarian options suck so I don't go there that much anyway.
Add us - we're based in Australia, and happy to boycott Australian Subways.
add me in
I hope the list keeps growing as the news gets spread
Count me in. Totally shameful behaviour on the part of the franchise holder, equally crappy form on the part of Subway and their "nothing-to-do-with-us" response. I'm sure they have quality standards that their franchisees have to comply with re: making a bloody sandwich! Surely they can enforce employment standards too.
Good Job, i have joined the boycott and posted it on my blog.
good work. the franchise defence is bogus, you can't have it both ways and say the brand means consistency of product and quality, then say "oh but we can't have consistently professional employment practice".
Please add me. cctrfred
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How about a leaflet that can be printed and dropped off at your local subway? "I'm not getting lunch here today because..." A boycott is more likely to be effective if the stores being boycotted know about it.
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Add me to your list, please.
I certainly will not visit Subway again, until Jackie has been reinstated.
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Subway owners NZ wide have a responsibility to ensure that franchise-holders are going to act fairly and lawfully towards their staff. Do they have franchise standards or not?
If the Dunedin manager can't treat staff fairly, then he shouldn't hold a franchise with Subway and Submay owners should consider rescinding his contract agreement . How would he like it if he was fired that easily?
KayL
Not sure if I can speak on behalf of this magazine, but I'm definitely behind this. Expect some nationwide coverage in student press next week, and keep up your great work.
Workers Rights Are Human Rights!
Justice for Jackie Lang, sacked Subway worker.
Protest at Subway
155 Queen St, Auckland
1pm Saturday 12th May
Called by Workers Charter
Click on image for a larger version
Subway.jpg
Workers Charter, a network of left wing trade unionists and activists, are calling for a protest this Saturday for Jackie Lang, a worker sacked for sharing a $4 cup of Coca-Cola.
The Subway worker was allowed free Coke – but then she shared one with a friend.
Subway then fired her, and then called the police to charge her with theft. The company have since refused to talk to Jackie's union, the Autonomous Workers’ Union .
"Workers in New Zealand are sick of bullying, intimidation and unfair dismissals and sackings." said Workers Charter activist and protest organiser Joe Carolan.
"Jackie Lang's case is the straw that broke the camel's back. This Saturday, Workers Charter call on all decent people and trade unionists to come stand up for Jackie's rights. Drop the charges, and compensate Jackie for the emotional distress you have caused her, Subway. Otherwise, pickets on all your stores in Auckland will spread and grow. Have some respect for your workers!"
Editor of the Workers Charter paper and organiser for the Unite Workers Union, John Minto, added-
“When a worker is sacked for sharing her coke with a friend on her break then this is bullying and harassment. It’s disappointing but not surprising to see the police on the side of the company pursuing a worker for a $4 theft which was not a theft. This is a case of bullying and harassment by the company and Subway should be in court instead of the worker”
Supporters of the protest also include Solidarity Union, Socialist Worker and the Auckland anti-capitalist group Radical Youth.
"Radical Youth is shocked by this example of a multinational corporation bullying a poor worker for no reason" said RY spokesperson Eliana Darroch . “Subway's continued use of youth rates and its treatment of Jackie Lang clearly shows it is a company that holds its workers in contempt" added Ms Darroch. "Radical Youth will not stand for this bullying and will carry out actions against Subway if this case is not dropped."
Contacts-
Workers Charter Subway protest organiser Joe Carolan 021 186 1450 joe (at) solidarityunion.com
Workers Charter editor John Minto at editor (at) workerscharter.org.nz 0800 2 UNITE (for free copies of New Workers Charter paper)
Radical Youth – Smash Youth Rates campaign organiser Eliana Darroch 021 0555667 www.radicalyouth.org.nz/
Related
* http://www.unityaotearoa.blogspot.com
Add me to the list too please - just put a post up on Anarchia. Cheers for starting this.
"This Saturday, Workers Charter call on all decent people and trade unionists to come stand up for Jackie's rights"
Good to see they've finally admitted that trade unionists aren't decent people!
If you feel that pressure should be put on the franchise holder rather than the chain, that particular branch of Subway is owned by....
SORRY - GO LOOK IT UP IN THE COMPANIES REGESTOR.
(and that took me less than five minutes using public sources)
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hi, does anybody know if subway ever stopped using eggs from battery hens? i haven't been there since i signed that SAFE thingy last year...
i = avoid subway filth
Add me please. I hate that I had subway for the first time in 2 years last weekend...
Disgraceful!
Add me too... T
Subway is poo's...you can make 6 yummy sandwiches at home for the price of 1 of theirs ..remember! I know I'm running abit late to this party but add me too A.
Please add me. Thank you.
This is outrageous, add my name to the boycott please.
Add me please, Jeremy
Add me to the list .
Arrgh, what a motley lot to be associated with. I take it back.
add me thanks. Not that I ate there beforehand.
Add us to the list too thanks.
to: shout above the noise
theres a bigger picture, a boycott sends a message regarding ALL bad management and the power of one to make a difference. Also "the west is lost" sounds like an oversimplified collectivist argument. Btw your passion is amusing and your profanity is teenage angst.
You can add Gazza4d to your list as well.
kiss this:
Since when did this become a protest against all management? I think you're taking it *just* a little too seriously. Before judging "shout" perhaps you should actually get your facts straight.
Yo Clint, dumbing my post further for you to understand the nuance would make one of us a bigger idiot.
Hence: "A boycott sends a message regarding ALL bad management and the power of one to make a difference."
Add me to the list as well, please, this is a worrying story, and should get as much attention as possible.
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