May 24, 2023
'Each time we strike more workers join the picket'
Hundreds of workers at an Amazon warehouse have walked out for the 15th time in a dispute over pay. "We've 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." Workers in Coventry first walked out in January - the first ever strike by Amazon employees in the UK. Members are calling for an hourly pay rise from £10.50 to £15 following a 50p per hour pay offer which was branded "Derisory" by the union. 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. In a statement to the BBC, an Amazon spokesperson said its pay was above the national living wage and it had spent more than £125m on pay rises for UK hourly paid workers over the past seven months.
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