Amazon workers walk out for the first time in UK history

The Metro says Amazon workers are staging their first ever strike in the UK in a dispute over pay.

Workers up and down the UK are walking out this month as energy bills rise and the cost of living crisis tightens.

Amazon staff in Coventry have now also voted to walk out in protest against a pay rise the union said is worth 50p an hour.

Stuart Richards, senior organiser of the union GMB, said: ‘Today, Amazon workers in Coventry will make history.

‘They’ve defied the odds to become the first ever Amazon workers in the UK to go on strike.

‘They’re taking on one of the world’s biggest companies to fight for a decent standard of living.

‘They should be rightly proud of themselves.

‘After six months of ignoring all requests to listen to workers’ concerns, GMB urges Amazon UK bosses to do the right thing and give workers a proper pay rise.’