Amazon UK staff plan more strikes as they reject pay rise as an ‘insult’
by Sarah Butler from on (#6A29V)
Online retailer has increased minimum hourly pay for warehouse workers by 50p an hour to 11
Amazon workers in the UK are planning further strike action as they dismissed as an insult" a 50p an hour increase to its minimum hourly pay for warehouse workers to 11.
The company said the pay rise announced on Wednesday, which will be implemented this weekend, meant minimum pay had risen by 10% in the past seven months, putting it ahead of the legal minimum wage for those aged 23 or over, which will be 10.42 an hour from April.
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