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Not enough increase
AMAZON employees working in the UK are planning further industrial action.
The strike warning came as they dismissed a 50p (56.5 cents) pay rise, bringing the minimum hourly pay for warehouse workers to £11 (€12.42).
The company argued that with this latest increase an Amazon worker’s minimum pay will have risen by 10 per cent over the past seven months, putting it above the legal minimum rate of £10.42
(€11.77) an hour for the over23s.
“We have listened to Amazon workers and the message is very clear,” said Amanda Gearing, a senior official from the GMB union which has backed workers at the Coventry warehouse in the first ever strikes by Amazon’s UK employees.
“This new pay rate is an insult,” she declared. “In response we will be consulting over the next few days and announcing a new wave of action.”
