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Amazon staff at new UK warehouse to strike on January 25
Workers at Amazon's new distribution centre in Birmingham, England have voted to join ongoing strike action at the company over pay and working conditions, the GMB trade union said on Tuesday.
Amazon hit by 'Black Friday' strikes in Europe
UNI Global Union said Amazon would face strikes and protests in more than 30 countries around the world, including the United States, as part of a "Make Amazon Pay" campaign. More than 1,000 workers went on strike at an Amazon hub in Coventry, England, which employs 2,300 people and supplies other warehouses, said Stuart Richards, spokesman for the GMB union.
Amazon Black Friday strike: Know why hundreds of Coventry workers are protesting
Amazon workers are on strike in Europe and the United States. More than 1000 workers have gone on strike and the GMB Union has called it the biggest walkout in Amazon history. The firm however said that it won't affect the customer.
Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday trade
In Germany, Amazon's second-biggest market by sales last year, around 250 workers were on strike at a Leipzig warehouse and around 500 at an Amazon warehouse in Rheinberg, trade union Verdi said on Friday.
Amazon's Coventry site workers strike on Black Friday amidst ongoing pay dispute
The strike coincides with the recent announcement in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement that the National Living Wage will rise from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour in April. Amazon contends that its pay already surpasses this level and the voluntary Real Living Wage, which stands at £12 per hour for non-London workers. The company emphasised the additional benefits it offers to its workforce.
Amazon protests in Europe target warehouses, lockers on busy Black Friday
Workers and activists across Europe plan demonstrations against U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon on Friday, aiming to disrupt its warehouses and prevent merchandise from reaching Amazon parcel lockers on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
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Workers at Amazon UK warehouse to walk out on Black Friday
The GMB trade union said the workers would walk out of the site in Coventry, central England from November 7-9, as well as Black Friday on November 24.
Amazon workers at two UK fulfilment centres to strike in August
Britain's GMB trade union said on Thursday more than a thousand workers at two Amazon fulfilment centres in England would take strike action in early August in an ongoing pay dispute.
Amazon Prime Day sales rise as deep discounts tempt inflation-hit shoppers
U.S. shoppers have been waiting for the best possible deals and discounts as rising interest rates and food prices have led them to delay purchases of big-ticket items in recent months.
UK Amazon workers to strike for six days in April
GMB said more than 560 workers at the warehouse in Coventry would walk out on April 16-18 and April 21-23. Workers at the site staged the first strike at the U.S. tech company's operations in Britain in January, followed by a further seven days in February and March.
Amazon raises pay for UK operations employees
The move comes after workers at an Amazon warehouse in Coventry, central England, had struck work for several days in a dispute over pay earlier this year.
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Amazon faces Black Friday protests, strikes in 40 countries
Employees in the US, UK, India, Japan, Australia, South Africa and across Europe are demanding better wages and working conditions as the cost-of-living crisis deepens, in a campaign dubbed “Make Amazon Pay”.
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Amazon staff at UK warehouse 'ready to strike' over pay, says union
More than 300 workers voted in a consultative ballot - where 97% said they were ready to strike - ahead of a possible formal vote on whether to carry out a strike, the GMB union said.
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