{"id":45365,"date":"2023-07-09T17:54:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T17:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/amazon-workers-at-uk-warehouse-to-strike-during-prime-day-event"},"modified":"2023-07-09T18:40:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T18:40:36","slug":"amazon-workers-at-uk-warehouse-to-strike-during-prime-day-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/amazon-workers-at-uk-warehouse-to-strike-during-prime-day-event","title":{"rendered":"Amazon workers at UK warehouse to strike during Prime Day event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama in Bengaluru; Editing by Alistair Bell<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Nearly 900 Amazon workers at a warehouse in Britain will stage a strike for three days in the coming week over a pay dispute, labour union GMB said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The strike will take place from July 11-13 at Amazon&#8217;s warehouse in Coventry, for two hours during the morning and two hours in the evening on the three days, GMB said in an emailed statement to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>It coincides with a &#8220;Prime Day&#8221; sales event the company has <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ly\/3O5plYz\">announced<\/a> for July 11-12. &#8220;GMB members in Coventry have time and time again shown that this fight will only end with 15 pounds ($19.25) an hour and union rights,&#8221; GMB Senior Organiser Rachel Fagan said.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon, the world&#8217;s largest e-commerce said that the minimum starting pay for its employees is between 11-12 pounds per hour, depending on the location. The Coventry site does not directly serve customer orders and there will be no disruption to customers, Amazon told Reuters in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;reuters.&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;com\/world\/uk\/amazon-workers-uk-warehouse-vote-six-more-months-strike-gmb-2023-06-14\/\">said<\/a> that the Coventry warehouse workers had voted for six more months of strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The workers also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;reuters.&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;com\/world\/uk\/amazon-workers-uk-warehouse-strike-three-days-june-2023-06-08\/\">went on strike<\/a> last month from June 12-14.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon is expected to record about $7 billion in revenue from its Prime Day sales, an increase of 12% from what was disclosed for Prime Day during the third quarter last year, according to JPMorgan.<\/p>\n<p>Strikes have been called in several industries in Britain in recent months, including by nurses, teachers and transportation workers in response to inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, trade union RMT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;reuters.&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;com\/world\/uk\/londons-tube-network-faces-week-strikes-july-23-2023-07-06\/\">said<\/a> the staff of the London Underground will strike from July 23-28 in a long-running dispute over pensions, job cuts and working conditions.<\/p>\n<p>($1 = 0.7791 pounds)<\/p>\n<p><b>Reuters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama in Bengaluru; Editing by Alistair Bell Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Nearly 900 Amazon workers at a warehouse in Britain will stage a strike for three days in the coming week over a pay dispute, labour union GMB said on Saturday. 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