Amazon workers in UK plan first ever strike
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Hundreds of workers at an Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) fulfillment center in the UK are planning to strike on January 25, according to the GMB Union.

The union representing the workers said that the walkout is being pursued due to âanger over the companyâs 50 pence per hour pay offerâ and concerns about taxes paid by Amazon. The union said that the upcoming strike is the first in the UK and may be only the first of many such labor actions to come in 2023.

âPeople working for one of the most valuable companies in the world shouldnât have to threaten strike action just to win a wage they can live on,â GMB Senior Organizer Amanda Gearing said. âGMB urges Amazon UK bosses to give workers a proper pay rise and avoid industrial action altogether.â

The union first raised a vote to strike in the early fall of 2022, approving the motion in December. The work stoppage adds to union pushes at the e-commerce giant, perhaps best highlighted by the Make Amazon Pay movement that targeted Black Friday as a day to strike in 2022.
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