Amazon workers strike in UK for first time
over wages and what they call"severe" working conditions. They've rejected what they say is a"derisory" £0.50 pay raise and are demanding an increase to £15 an hour.
A 98 percent majority of GMB union workers at Amazon's Coventry fulfillment center voted in favor of the"historic" walkout and announced a strike date of January 25thAmazon told Engadget in a statement that the size of the strike is"only a fraction of 1 percent of our UK employees." It added that pay has increased 29 percent since 2018 and that it made a one-time £500 payment to help workers with inflation.
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