Amazon UK’s first industrial action is planned for this week
Amazon UK’s first industrial action will take place this week. The e-retail giant will be hit by striking workers at a warehouse in Coventry on Wednesday (25.01.23) amid dissatisfaction about a 50p raise to the workforce’s hourly wage, the way shift patterns are devised and micromanagement while on the floor. Officials within the union have remarked that the Jeff Bezos-founded company - who have recently outlined plans to close three warehouses in the UK - “just blanket refuses” to engage with their demands in any way. Stuart Richard’s, a GMB West Midland’s organiser - who represents 300 membe...