McDonald’s workers in the UK have won a pay rise following last year’s strikes, the first UK strikes in the company’s history.

Last September, the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) launched its ‘McStrike’ campaign at two restaurants in Cambridge and Croydon due to a dispute over pay and conditions as well as zero-hours contracts. More than 40 workers staged a 24-hour walkout.

McDonald’s has confirmed that its employees’ pay rises will take effect from 22 January and will be banded by position, region and age. The pay rise will be the biggest in ten years.

A spokesperson for McDonald’s said, “While our franchisees set their own pay rates, we have recommended an increase across all age bands for our hourly employees to be implemented from 22 January.”

“From kitchen to counter to front of house, our success would not be possible without the hard work of our people, so we will keep working hard to do right by them,” the spokesperson said.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn praised the McDonald’s workers and added that the “fight for £10 an hour is not over.”