Amazon UK may very well be pressured to recognise new union, GMB says
Amazon may very well be pressured to recognise a commerce union within the UK for the primary time.GMB union says virtually 700 Amazon staff in Coventry are actually members.
It stated this quantity is greater than half of the employees on the website, the standard threshold for obligatory union recognition in a office.It comes after two weeks of strike motion by staff on the fulfilment centre.Amanda Gearing, GMB Senior Organiser, stated: "GMB members have been crystal clear because the begin of their marketing campaign; they won't settle for a pay rise of pennies from one of many world's wealthiest companies.
"After weeks of campaigning and 14 strike days, they've built the power of their union on site and are now in a position to file for recognition."Amazon high brass has ...