May 30, 2023
Amazon to offer parents term-time-only working
Parents and grandparents who work in Amazon warehouses will be able to choose to work in term-time only. The GMB union, which is fighting Amazon for recognition, said that while flexible working is welcome, most workers want better wages. ''With the cost and availability of childcare causing huge challenges for working parents, term-time working is likely to have a positive impact on attraction and retention at a time when organisations are struggling with skills shortages," said Ms McCartney. Amazon said the rates of pay are competitive and that it recently increased wages by 10%. The GMB said that a majority of workers in the Amazon Coventry warehouse want union representation and it has applied to the Central Arbitration Committee for statutory recognition. In its submission to the CAC, Amazon could argue that there are more people working in the warehouse than GMB calculates, and this could lead the CAC to deny the GMB recognition.
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