Amazon Workers To Stage A Series Of Week Long Walk-outs
Following a winter of discontent in the Supply Chain and Transport industry, today Amazon workers have announced a series of potential strikes at the Coventry fulfilment centre – which currently employs more than 350 people.
The GMB said more than 350 staff at the fulfilment centre in Coventry will strike on February 28, March 2 and from March 13 to 17. This has the potential to greatly affect the associated UK based supply chains.
A spokesperson for the union said its representatives made history last month by becoming the first Amazon workers in the UK to strike in their battle for a pay rate of £15 an hour.
Amanda Gearing, GMB senior organiser, said the ‘unprecedented’ strikes showed the anger among Amazon workers in Coventry.
She said: ‘They work for one of the richest companies in the world, yet they have to work round the clock to keep themselves afloat.
‘It’s sickening that Amazon workers in Coventry will earn just 8p above the national minimum wage in April 2023.
Amazon have refused to enter pay negotiations with the GMB as they currently don’t recognise the union. Amazon have initially offered a 5% pay rise which has been branded as “derisory”.
In the UK alone, Amazon generates 32bn USD across 22 distribution sites.
