Global fast food giant Wendy's faces more protests from NZ workers

Wendy's workers are planning to protest against their employer in Auckland after a court ruling fell in favour of the fast food giant.

Union national director Mike Treen said workers were protesting after Wendy's was given an interim injunction by the Employment Court on Friday to stop picketers trespassing on the company's land.

Late last month Wendy's workers went on strike following allegations Wendy's has cut union members' hours by up to 20 per cent since the most recent collective agreement expired on May 21. 

The industrial action also related to concerns around minimum hours per week, rostering and breaks. 

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"They were saying that what we were doing was illegal in part because we were allegedly trespassing," Treen said.

"We were disputing that."

The protest was planned for outside the company's Dominion Rd store in Auckland from 5pm to 7pm on Saturday, he said.

While Unite Union disputed whether the Employment Court was within its rights to issue such injunctions it would be complying with the decision until a full hearing, he said.

The union had been sent maps by the company that appeared to claim a right to ban pickets from areas not owned or occupied by Wendy's, Treen said.