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The ballot period for GMB union recognition at Amazon UK begins today [Wednesday]. More than 3,000 Amazon workers will now take part in a month-long process, which includes a vote at the retail giant’s Coventry fulfilment centre. The legally binding ballot, overseen by the Government’s Central Arbitration Committee, could force Amazon to recognise a trade union. […]

Big companies buying their way out of union recognition should be banned, GMB Congress has said At GMB’s annual congress in Bournemouth, the union voted overwhelmingly to support an overhaul of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC)’s statutory recognition process.  The CAC is the Government body which oversees worker’s attempts to get their union recognised by […]

GMB Union has today filed legal proceedings against Amazon  The union claims Amazon has engaged in widespread attempts to coerce staff to cancel their trade union membership. Known as an Inducement Claim, Amazon workers formally lodge a claim against their own employer for encouraging them to pass up their trade union and collective bargaining rights. […]

GMB Union has today announced that the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), the Government body responsible for regulating collective bargaining between workers and employers, has ruled in favour of GMB’s application for a union recognition vote at the company’s Coventry Warehouse.

It’s sickening that Amazon workers in Coventry will earn just 8 pence above the minimum wage in April 2023, says GMB Union…

Striking Amazon workers are set to meet on today [Thursday 9 February 20223] to plan ‘escalation’ of industrial action.  More than 350 staff at the company’s Coventry warehouse made history on 25 January – becoming the first Amazon workers in the UK to strike.  Workers and their GMB representatives will now meet to plan the […]

Amazon workers will stage the first ever strike in the UK today [25 January 2023].  Hundreds of Amazon workers at the fulfilment centre have voted to walk out in anger over the company’s 50 pence per hour pay offer. An industrial action ballot saw a majority of more than 98 per of workers vote to strike.  […]

Amazon workers in a Coventry warehouse have announced an initial strike date.  The first ever Amazon strike in the UK is set to take place on 25 January, with further dates to be announced in the coming weeks.  Hundreds of Amazon workers at the fulfilment centre have voted to walk out in anger over the company’s […]

Amazon workers at a Coventry warehouse will become the first in the UK to take formal strike action.   Hundreds of workers have voted to walk out in anger over the company’s 50 pence per hour pay offer.    The ballot closed today [16 December 2022] – a majority of more than 98 per cent of workers voted to strike on a […]

Keir Starmer has told Amazon it should recognise GMB Union at TUC congress today [20 October].  The Labour leader made the comment as he responded to questions from delegates at the event in Brighton.  Mr Starmer said: ‘I would be very clear…to Amazon: they should recognise the GMB.’  GMB members working for Amazon organised the […]