Amazon Workers Announce Week-Long Strike
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 to meet to plan ‘escalation’
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 stage first ever UK strike
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 announce strike date
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 in Coventry first in UK to strike
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: ‘Amazon should recognise GMB’
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 […]
Amazon workers begin first ever UK strike ballot
Amazon workers at a Coventry warehouse will become the first in the UK to take part in a formal strike ballot. Hundreds of workers will today begin voting on whether to walk out in anger over the company’s 35 pence per hour pay offer. The ballot closes on 19 October, with any industrial action likely […]
Amazon workers ready to strike
Amazon workers at a Coventry warehouse have voted they are ready to take strike action over pay. More than 300 workers voted in the consultative ballot at the fulfilment centre in the West Midlands, with 97 per cent saying they were ready to walk out. Amazon workers across the UK have staged informal protests in anger at […]