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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Heather Stewart

DARK SECRETS: Amazon coventry workers balloted for strike action in uk first | Rare Historical Photos

Sign at the Amazon site in Coventry.
Staff, who are demanding £15 an hour, describe being obliged to stand throughout 10-hour shifts and subjected to rigorous targets. Photograph: Andrew Fox/The Guardian

Hundreds of Amazon workers at the company’s vast warehouse in Coventry hope to make history next week by becoming the first in the UK to vote for strike action against the delivery giant, which refuses to engage with unions.

Workers at the site, on land formerly occupied by Jaguar Land Rover, staged an informal walkout earlier this year, after being told their annual pay rise would be 50p an hour, taking the basic rate to £10.50.

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