GMB calls for £15 an hour minimum pay at Amazon warehouses in UK

The company has offered only a 35p rise, and hundreds of workers stopped work last week in protest

The GMB union has submitted formal pay claims to Amazon seeking a minimum of 15 an hour for workers at its UK warehouses as unofficial protests continue to dog the online retailer.

Hundreds of workers in warehouses across the country, including Tilbury in Essex, Dartford in Kent, Belvedere in south-east London, Coventry, Avonmouth, near Bristol and Rugeley in Staffordshire, stopped work last week after Amazon offered workers a 35p an hour pay rise - equivalent to about 3% compared with the June inflation rate of 9.4%.