Amazon faces undisclosed strike by UK workers Diario Financiello
Centos de trabajadores del centro distribución de Amazon.com Inc. de Reino Unido planan ir strei el miercoles como parte de una action industry sin predentespor parte de los emmpleados británicas de la empresa.
Members of the GMB union who work in the Coventry del Retail warehouse voted to strike in December. después de que Amazon ofreciera un aumento salal de 50 centimos por hour. 98% of workers who had already voted were in favor of the strike.
“After six months of ignoring all petitions and listening to workers’ concerns, GMB urges Amazon United Kingdom’s chiefs to do the right thing and give workers a proper salary increase,” it said. Stuart Richards, lead manager of GMB, said. , and communiqué.
An Amazon spokeswoman negó que la compañía hubiera ignored concerns and said the strike would have “zero” impact on customers.“We are proud to offer competitive salaries starting at a minimum of £10.50 to £11.45 an hour, depending on location,” they said in a statement.
The UK minimum wage for adults 23 and over will increase from £9.50 to £10.42 in April.
Wednesday’s strike follows a series of strikes by non-governmental workers and shops following the announcement of salary hikes across the UK last year.
Despidus Masibos
A strike in the UK, while significant for Amazon to be the first of its kind in the country, is just one of many key challenges facing the Seattle-based e-commerce giant. A principios de este mes annuncia que Plans to cut more than 18,000 jobslo querepresenta alrededor del 1% del total de empleados, en la mayor round de despidos de su historia.
The company is adapting to a dramatic slowdown in internet purchases after the pandemic reverted to old habits among consumers ha retrasado la apertura de almacenes y paralizado las contrataciones en su división minorista. En el Reino Unido, ya ha anuncioado que plana cerrar three de sus almacenes este año, en una Operaciona que impactará a unos 1,200 emmpleados.
