KFC has cancelled a union agreement covering 36 employees, Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert claimed yesterday.The company has decided not to renew its three year agreement with the BIU, which expired in April.Mr Furbert, flanked by a host of General Council members, held a news conference to announce KFC had cancelled the contract.He claimed that employees were told on Friday that if they still wanted to pay their membership dues they would have to walk to Union Square and pay it themselves.Mr Furbert said yesterday that staff were also told KFC planned to apply to move staff pensions which paid into the Restaurant Pension Fund to KFC’s existing full registered and compliant pension plan. Mr Furbert contended this was illegal without the permission of KFC employees.He said the move by KFC's directors to cancel the contract was a clear violation of the law for which they should be penalised to the fullest extent.The union's General Council met yesterday, and it will decide what the next course of action will be. No further meetings have been scheduled at this point in time.The agreement covers 36 KFC employees, 15 of whom are full time. Mr Furbert made it clear that the BIU was not going to allow what their forefathers shed blood, sweat and tears for to be taken away.“There is a process,” he said. “We're not going to just sit back and watch employers strip away workers rights.”When asked what's next he said “they really don't want to go down that road”.Right after the meeting he said “we're going down to KFC to show the workers that we have their backs”.Once there the group stood outside on Queen Street for a brief period to demonstrate their support for KFC employees.Inside however, it was business as usual, but several workers confirmed that they received memos in their pay packets on Friday.One worker told The Royal Gazette that some of the full time employees have been with KFC for 30 years, and that she refuses to go back to the days of eight sick days a year with pay.The number of sick days and vacation time were the main stumbling blocks in the negotiations for a new three-year agreement.Mr Furbert stated sick time varied based on seniority.Despite efforts to reach the lead negotiator for KFC or a spokesperson for the Government ministry responsible for the Department of Labour and Training, there was no response last night.