Amazon Workers in Coventry, England, May Soon Be Union
A year and a half ago, workers at the Amazon warehouse in Coventry, England, launched the first formal strike against the retail giant in British history. Today the workers finish voting on whether to unionize.
Amazon workers chant on a GMB Union picket line outside the online retailer’s warehouse in Coventry, England, on November 24, 2023. (Jacob King / PA Images via Getty Images)
It has been a year and a half since workers at the Amazon warehouse in Coventry shook the retail giant with the company’s first formal strike in British history. From that time, they have become used to seeing the company’s anti-union material displayed in the workplace.
But all of this only foreshadowed the scale of the union busting brought in by management as workers prepared to vote in a ballot for statutory union recognition.
Union recognition would mean Amazon would be forced to sit down with the GMB Union to negotiate on matters relating to pay, worker safety, and terms and conditions. A victory here would empower Amazon workers everywhere.
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