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Another prime example of Amazon crappery
BBC News - Amazon fined for 'excessive' surveillance of workers

Amazon fined for 'excessive' surveillance of workers

The online retail giant was found to be keeping detailed data on employee working patterns.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Crossposting from the strike thread:

Amazon workers announce new strike dates

GMB union has announced further strike dates at two Amazonsites

www.gmb.org.uk

GMB union has announced further strike dates at two Amazon sites​

The strike dates come just days after GMB members at the company submitted an application for mandatory recognition at Amazon to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC).

The CAC - the Government body responsible for regulating collective bargaining between workers and employers - can force companies to recognise a trade union if more than 50 per cent of the work force are members.

Workers will down tools at the company’s Coventry fulfilment centre as well as at Amazon’s new flagship HQ in Birmingham, a £500 million site that only opened its doors in October.

Strike action will take place in Coventry on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 March and in Birmingham on Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 March.

 

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Amazon Is Holding Special Union-Busting Seminars for Workers | Novara Media

Workers are being bombarded with anti-union propaganda ahead of a vote to recognise the GMB. Polly Smythe reports.

novaramedia.com

 

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Crossposting here, demo at Amazon's London HQ this week in support of the Coventry unionisation campaign:

https://www.tuc.org.uk/events/amazon-stop-union-busting-coventry-join-rally

 

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Vote is this weekend. Result will be known on Monday:

Amazon Workers Are Beating the Union Busters

Amazon workers in Coventry are on the brink of historic union recognition for the first time in British history. Despite the retail giant ramping up union busting, unionisation is closer than ever before.

tribunemag.co.uk