Amazon workers strike on Black Friday
Workers at Amazon’s BHX4 facility in Coventry will strike on 7-9 and 24 November as their fight for better pay and conditions goes on. The strikes will take the number of walkouts at BHX4 since the dispute began to nearly 30. Amazon has recently announced an intention to increase hourly pay by just £1, a move dismissed by the GMB union as coming nowhere near meeting workers’ needs. The strike is timed to cover Black Friday (24 November), a major trading day for Amazon globally. GMB organiser Rachel Fagan said: “This is an unprecedented and historic moment with low-paid workers taking on one of...