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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Heather Stewart

Amazon UK could be forced to recognise union as GMB wins right to hold ballot

Amazon warehouse with people in jackets in front with their backs to camera and one waving a GMB orange and black flag
Amazon members of the GMB union picketing the retailer's site in Coventry in November. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Amazon could be forced to recognise a trade union for the first time in the UK after members of the GMB at the internet retailer’s Coventry warehouse were granted permission to hold a legally binding ballot.

The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), the independent statutory body that adjudicates on collective bargaining rights, has ruled that a vote should be held at the site to test support for union recognition.

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