UK shoppers expected to buy fewer Black Friday goods amid cost of living crisis
Spending predicted to be up just 0.4% on 2022 as inflation and Amazon warehouse strikes hit discount event
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Spending predicted to be up just 0.4% on 2022 as inflation and Amazon warehouse strikes hit discount event
Workers at Amazon’s BHX4 facility in Coventry are preparing to strike on 24 November, “Black Friday”, a major trading day for Amazon. The walkout will be the workers’ 28th of the year, with official strikes having first taken place in January. 2022 saw unofficial strikes over pay at a number of Amazon facilities. Amazon workers in the USA, Germany, and Italy will also strike on Black Friday, with protests planned in other countries, organised via Make Amazon Pay, a coalition of unions and campaign groups.
One of Spain's largest labor unions has called on 20,000 delivery and warehouse workers to participate in a "symbolic" strike on one of the biggest retail days of the fourth quarter.
Rising GMB membership, cross-border action and a probable new government point to better times for thousands of workers
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