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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Liam Buckler & Alan Jones

Amazon workers walk out in pay row after 'being offered pay rise of just 35p an hour'

Amazon warehouse workers have walked out over a pay row after Union bosses confirmed staff were offered a paltry 35p pay rise.

The GMB union said hundreds of employees in Tilbury, Essex, stopped work on Thursday after being given a measly 35p an hour pay rise.

In an email to staff at their Essex warehouse, Amazon workers were informed their starting hourly rate would increase from £11.10 to £11.45 - as the tech company made over £23billion in UK sales.

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