{"id":39445,"date":"2023-05-24T16:14:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2023\/05\/24\/amazon-strike-each-time-we-strike-more-workers-join-the-picket\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:14:32","slug":"amazon-strike-each-time-we-strike-more-workers-join-the-picket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=39445","title":{"rendered":"Amazon strike: ‘Each time we strike more workers join the picket’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The bosses at Amazon consistently have refused to get the message or listen to what their workers are saying,” said GMB senior organiser Stuart Richards. <\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve had a series of strikes at Coventry already and each time we do it we get more and more workers come and join us on the picket line.”<\/p>\n

Workers in Coventry first walked out in January – the first ever strike by Amazon employees in the UK.<\/a><\/p>\n

Members are calling for an hourly pay rise from \u00a310.50 to \u00a315 following a 50p per hour pay offer which was branded “derisory” by the union.<\/p>\n

However, the union is not recognised by Amazon and GMB told the BBC that as a result, there were no discussions between the employer and its staff.<\/p>\n

“The fact that Amazon consistently refuses to have a discussion or listen to concerns adds fuel to the fire,” said Mr Richards. <\/p>\n

“Each time we take strike action we feel anger and resentment to the fact that the bosses are refusing to listen to them at all.”<\/p>\n

He said more and more workers were joining the union – which now has 700 members at the site representing about half the workforce.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Richards believes Amazon “ignoring” striking workers was “starting to backfire” and two more sites, in Macclesfield and Rugeley, were being balloted for industrial action.<\/p>\n

“At some point it\u2019s going to get to the point where the impact on their business is so significant they\u2019re going to have no choice [but to negotiate],” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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