Strikes hold Amazon in the middle of Black Friday | Economy

One union said: “The workers who made Amazon’s business model possible are demanding their share of the company’s enormous wealth….”

About a thousand workers in the factory Amazon In Coventry (England), they support a strike next Friday, coinciding with “Black Friday,” as part of their dispute over their working conditions.

Members of the GMB union – which brings together this union – had already organized strikes on November 7, 8 and 9, and today coincides with one of the busiest days of business activity in the country.

Strikes and demonstrations against Amazon’s management are also taking place elsewhere in Europe and the United States. Today, according to the unions, is the largest day of strikes in the history of that company, which they insist on This measure will not affect its customers.

According to GMB, about a thousand employees joined the strike in Coventry – the hub of the delivery giant’s distribution operations in this country – where the dispute arose last January.

GMB’s Amanda Gehring believes this is a strike “It will go down in Amazon history as a turning point.”

As he notes, “The workers who make Amazon’s business model possible are demanding their share of the company’s vast wealth, yet managers are desperate to ensure that today will be a normal workday for Amazon and its employees.”

“The reality is that today will be the biggest day of industrial disruption in Amazon’s history.”he added.

As GMB has already pointed out when calling for industrial action, the strikes are union members’ “answer” to Amazon managers’ failure to listen.

The North American giant recently announced an increase in the minimum entry wage by at least one pound per hour, with the minimum wage rising from 11.80 pounds to 12.50 pounds (between 13.66 and 14.4 euros), depending on location.

The salary increase became effective as of the fifteenth of this month for full- and part-time workers, and for temporary and seasonal jobs.

The minimum wage will rise from next April to between £12.30 and £13 (€14.2-€15) per hour, depending on location.