#Breaking: #Amazon workers in the #UK are to go on #strike today to coincide with Black Friday

Members of the GMB union on the picket line stand in front of a freight lorry outside the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry. Amazon workers will launch a series of strikes on Tuesday in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of the GMB union at the online giant's Coventry site will walk out for three days, and again on November 24 - Black Friday. The union announced that around 1,000 workers will be on strike...

More than 1,000 staff at the firm’s warehouse in Coventry are expected to take part in the walkout, the GMB union said, amid a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

The online retail giant has insisted customers will not be affected by the industrial action.

A protest will also be held outside Amazon UK’s head office in London, while coordinated strikes and demonstrations will be held in other European countries and the US as well.

Unions say it will be the biggest day of industrial action in Amazon’s history.

Read more : https://news.sky.com/story/amazon-black-friday-strike-workers-in-coventry-to-walk-out-as-part-of-international-action-against-retailer-13014414?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter


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