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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Heather Stewart

Amazon workers at new Birmingham site to go on strike over pay

A crowd of people carry GMB flags near an Amazon warehouse
Amazon staff on a GMB picket line in Coventry on Black Friday. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Amazon faces fresh industrial action in the UK, after members of the GMB union at a new fulfilment centre in Birmingham voted to strike over pay and conditions later this month.

The GMB says “up to 100” workers will take part in the strike at the warehouse, which opened in October – a small fraction of the total workforce – but it hopes to use the action to boost the profile of the dispute and recruit more supporters.

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