First industrial action at Amazon UK hopes to strike at firm’s union hostility

First industrial action at Amazon UK hopes to strike at firm’s union hostility

In Coventry, 300 GMB members plan to down tools over long hours, bad management and a 50p-an-hour pay rise

Amazon workers at a vast depot in Coventry will stage a historic strike on Wednesday – the first time the delivery giant’s UK operations have ever been hit by industrial action.

The immediate cause of the dispute was a 50p-an-hour pay rise offered to warehouse staff in the summer, which many felt was insulting – particularly after they had worked throughout the Covid pandemic.

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