Amazon workers in Coventry 'making history' with strike ballot

Hundreds of Amazon workers at a warehouse in Coventry are being balloted on whether to strike. The GMB Union said Coventry's staff could be the first Amazon workers to strike in the UK, "Making history". "These Amazon workers will be the first in the UK to take part in a formal strike ballot," said Amanda Gearing from the union. Staff at the Lyon's Park site staged a two-day protest in August, and informal demonstrations were also held at Amazon sites in Swindon and Tilbury in Essex. Amazon said its pay offer, rising from £10.50 an hour, represented "a 29% increase in the minimum hourly wage paid to Amazon associates since 2018".It also said workers' benefits included private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, subsidised meals and an employee discount and more, which it added was"worth thousands of pounds annually" combined.

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