Hundreds of workers at online giant Amazon are to be balloted for strikes over pay. The GMB union said its members based in Coventry will be the first Amazon workers in the UK to take part in a formal industrial action ballot.
The vote closes in mid-October, with any industrial action likely to take place in November, said the union. GMB official Amanda Gearing said: “These Amazon workers will be the first in the UK to take part in a formal strike ballot – they’re making history.
“They’re being offered a 35p-an-hour pay rise during the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation – and that’s from a company worth more than £1 trillion. Understandably, they are furious.
