Protests are taking place across the United Kingdom as voting begins in an historic workers' rights ballot says GMB Union.
Where:
Amazon HQ London, 1 Principle Place, EC2A 2FA
Amazon Warrington, Omega Plot 7c, Orion Boulevard, WA5 3XA
Amazon Carlilse, Woodlands Industrial Estate, Longtown, CA6 5TR
Amazon Doncaster, Iport Ave, Loversall, Doncaster, DN11 0BG
Amazon Tilbury, Windrush Road, RM18 7AN
Amazon Dunfermline, Amazon Way, KY11 8ST
Amazon Dartford, Littlebrook, DA1 5PZ
Amazon Swansea, Crymlyn Burrows, Jersey Marine, SA1 8QX
When: 6 – 8am, Monday 8 July 2024, Amazon London HQ rally begins 5pm.
Contact: GMB Press Office, 07958 156 846
Protests will take place at Amazon warehouses across the UK as voting begins in a historic workers’ rights ballot.
Demonstrations in the North and South of England, Wales and Scotland mark the day workers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse cast the first votes in their bid to force Amazon to recognise a union for the first time in the UK.
A separate rally outside Amazon’s London HQ will see TUC Assistant General Secretary Kate Bell joined by Amazon workers and supporters.
The vote in Coventry follows a three-week period which saw union representatives granted access to Amazon’s Coventry fulfilment centre by the Government’s Central Arbitration Committee [1].
More than 3,000 workers will take part in the ballot – if a majority of them vote yes, Amazon will be forced to negotiate pay, terms and conditions with GMB Union.
The vote runs until Saturday 13 July, with a result expected on 15 July.
Andy Prendergast, GMB National Secretary, says: “Workers have come together because of the poverty pay and unsafe conditions Amazon has thrust upon them.
“They want the same fair pay and safe conditions any of us would demand.
“GMB members face shocking levels of intimidation, fear and abuse at the hands of bosses for daring to fight.
“Amazon has had every chance to do the right thing; now workers are taking things into their own hands to make work better.”
