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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Graeme Wearden

SHOCKING: Amazon workers begin black friday strike action as uk consumer confidence picks up business live | Mind Blowing Facts

An Entain plc logo is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen.
Entain says it has, in principle, reached a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the Crown Prosecution Service Photograph: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

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Time to wrap up….

Here are today’s main stories, first on Entain’s settlement:

The problems at HSBC today:

Black Friday:

And in other news…

Full story: Hundreds join Amazon picket line for Black Friday strike

Hundreds of strikers outside Amazon’s Coventry warehouse were joined on Black Friday by trade unionists from Europe and the US as part of a global campaign calling for better working conditions at the internet retailer.

Wearing orange beanie hats branded with the GMB union logo, activists from Germany, Italy and California, on strike at their respective Amazon workplaces, expressed solidarity with the Coventry strikers, who have taken 28 days of industrial action since January.

Gathered on a grassy roundabout close to the vast warehouse in the chilly early morning air, scores of the activists from the Make Amazon Pay campaign joined in chants of: “What do we want? £15! When do we want it? Now!”

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