Unite Union members from twenty restaurants in Auckland and
Hamilton took strike action and converged on the quarterly national conference of McDonald's bosses at an Auckland hotel. They rallied outside Queen Street McDonald's at noon before marching on the Hyatt Hotel to demand living wages and secure hours. A Guy Fawkes day effigy of Ronald McDonald was not burnt, the workers instead opting to send two representatives in to address the conference.

Click here for the TV3 news live cross to the protest.
Click here for TV3's 6pm report.
Click here for NZPA article.
Click here for McJobs - Mcdonald's workers tales of bullying and mistreatment.
Click here for a slideshow of images from the pickets
Click here for TV3 news video of the Otara picket.