Amazon Staff at New UK Warehouse to Strike on Jan. 25

Employees at Amazon’s new distribution centre in Birmingham, England have voted to affix ongoing strike motion on the firm over pay and dealing situations, the GMB commerce union mentioned on Tuesday.

Round 100 staff on the warehouse will take strike motion on Jan. 25, mentioned GMB, which has not been formally recognised by the US e-commerce large.

A spokesperson for Amazon mentioned the strike would trigger “zero disruption” to prospects and that 19 union members out of two,000 workers on the warehouse had voted in favour of commercial motion.

The corporate, which employs 75,000 folks in Britain, added that it deliberate to boost minimal beginning pay to £12.30 – £13 ($16-$17) an hour by April.

Minimal wage in Britain is about to rise to £11.44 an hour from April.

Over the previous yr, lots of of workers have walked out throughout earlier strikes at one other Amazon warehouse, in Coventry, central England with out a lot disruption to Amazon’s operations.

“The message from GMB members at Amazon is identical; recognise our union and finish poverty pay,” GMB Organiser Rachel Fagan mentioned.

By Sachin Ravikumar, writing by Muvija M

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