Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) warehouse workers in Coventry are asking for the public to join a rally in the middle of a week-long strike.
Around 500 staff are taking industrial action, up from 300 workers in January,when Amazon UK staff went on strike for the first time.
The first industrial action at a UK #Amazon warehouse is continuing with 5 days of strike action
Amazon bosses thought they could ignore their workers
They thought they would give up
They were wrong #AmazonStrike pic.twitter.com/Lx7tB7QDrL
— Stuart Richards (@GMBStuart) March 13, 2023
Workers are hoping for an offer at around £15 per hour, saying existing rates are only 8p more than the incoming national minimum wage.
GMB estimates that the industrial action has cost the company more than £2mln.
The US online retail giant previously stated that the protests represented only a small portion of Amazon workers and that it had not begun talks with the union.