First UK industrial action against Amazon is ‘making an impact’, says GMB
by Heather Stewart from Technology | The Guardian on (#68748)
Managers said to be covering for striking staff, though firm insists action has not disrupted activity
Workers at Amazon's huge Coventry depot described the stressful" conditions inside as they staged a historic strike to demand pay of 15 an hour - the first time the corporation has faced industrial action in the UK.
The local GMB organiser Amanda Gearing said the action on Wednesday was making an impact", despite Amazon's insistence that work was proceeding as usual inside the high-walled warehouse.
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