Coventry : Amazon UK Giant Warehouse, Workers on Strike

[arista]

They were offered a 50pence increase
an hour,
an insult to them.


This is a first
for the UK


Just Live on SkyNewsHD


https://news.sky.com/video/amazon-strike-worker-describes-feeling-left-behind-12794648

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64384287

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/01/25/07/66945407-11674071-image-a-26_1674630196808.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/01/25/07/66945405-11674071-image-a-27_1674630207417.jpg


I assume Amazon
will bring other workers

[joeysteele]

From things I've heard from former staff it's NOT a good company.

[arista]

From things I've heard from former staff it's NOT a good company.

Sure
it prefers Robots in that Giant Warehouse


Amazon Does not recognise the GMB Union.

Some workers are still going into work

[UserSince2005]

Fire the lot of them. Surely robots can do their jobs?

[arista]

Fire the lot of them. Surely robots can do their jobs?


The Robots are moving fast in there
it needs people to Co pack
with them.



They can Fire them
if they can replace them.

[user104658]

It's unskilled labour so harder to justify big wage increases - but I've heard the conditions and workers rights are horrendous. There's a good case for either much better pay or vastly improved conditions and contracts.

[arista]

It's unskilled labour so harder to justify big wage increases - but I've heard the conditions and workers rights are horrendous. There's a good case for either much better pay or vastly improved conditions and contracts.


Amazon has agreed a 50pence
an hour,
increase


They do not know GMB union
Meaningless to them.


In USA Amazon
they piss into plastic bottles
they have had some strikes
it was settled


Just Live on CNN HD USA feed
Walmart to to pay $14 a hour.

[Oliver_W]

Working for an evil megacorp like Amazon, especially when you have an "unskilled" job which is easily replaced (possibly by robots) then threatening to walk won't touch the higher-ups. Not saying they should just suck it up, **** Amazon, but they have next to no cards to play.

[arista]

Working for an evil megacorp like Amazon, especially when you have an "unskilled" job which is easily replaced (possibly by robots) then threatening to walk won't touch the higher-ups. Not saying they should just suck it up, **** Amazon, but they have next to no cards to play.


That Giant Amazon Warehouse
has fast Robot Blocks on wheels moving fast
across the floor
the people are assisting the robots


Thats Logical, in a big floor space.

[Beso]

I bet you all still use them.

[Oliver_W]

I bet you all still use them.

Nope.

[arista]

I bet you all still use them.


Yes many will use Amazon
to save money


Cheaper that shops
on many items


I have a Genesis a
5 CD Box Set
BBC Concerts
still to come

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[bots]

i use them a lot, but i still check alternative online stores for a cheaper deal and go with that if appropriate

It's up to consumers to make the effort if they want to save a few quid

[UserSince2005]

I bet you all still use them.

i had a delivery yesterday and on today :lovedup:

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/01/25/08/66946787-11674071-image-a-30_1674635978197.jpg
[Members of the union speak to staff
as they try to convince them not to
cross the line and to go into work]

Good to see so many Staff going into to work

[arista]

They have now stated
there going strike this month &
in March & April
as well

[arista]

[The GMB union said its members in Coventry
would now take further industrial action
on 28 February,
2 March and
between 13-17 March.

It marked an escalation in their pay fight,
which began with a
24-hour strike last month - the first
official walkout to hit the US tech firm's
operations in the UK.]


https://news.sky.com/story/amazon-warehouse-staff-escalate-strike-action-in-fight-for-better-pay-12810211