Amazon strike: UK workers to strike for first time in fight for 50p pay rise
Amazon workers staging their first ever strike in the UK in a dispute over pay want a "decent standard of living", a union has said.
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Amazon workers staging their first ever strike in the UK in a dispute over pay want a "decent standard of living", a union has said.
Amazon (AMZN.O) workers at a warehouse in central England walked out on Wednesday in protest over pay, marking the first time the U.S. tech company's operations in Britain have faced strike action.
On Wednesday, online retail giant Amazon faced its first strike by UK workers, who are protesting over salaries deemed unacceptable in a cost-of-living crisis.
A few hundred workers at an Amazon warehouse in the United Kingdom (UK) walked out on Wednesday (January 25) over a pay increase worth five per cent, less than half the current inflation rate. This is the first strike that the e-commerce giant is facing in the UK.
Further walkouts are planned in the coming weeks by nurses and other NHS workers.