Amazon workers have announced a series of strikes at one of the company’s warehouses in a dispute over pay. The GMB said more than 350 staff at the fulfilment centre in Coventry will walk out on February 28, March 2 and from March 13 to 17.
The union said its members made history last month by becoming the first Amazon workers in the UK to strike in their campaign 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 bosses can stop this industrial action by doing the right thing and negotiating a proper pay rise with workers.”
