Minimum wage cleaners at Amazon warehouses in Enfield and Ipswich are set to ballot for strike action over attempts to cut their paid breaks and bank holiday enhancements.
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Migrant cleaners win union recognition in defiance of Amazon
Migrant cleaners for the DBR1 Amazon warehouse in Dartford – who are outsourced to Phosters (FM) Limited, a Worcestershire-based facilities management company – will be the first workers on an Amazon site to win union recognition in the UK.
[ID: 2 men stand in front of a UVW banner. Text reads: Amazon workers on brink of union recognition]
Windows smashed at ecocide office building
from This is Not a Drill This morning [17th of March], a group of activists in Cambridge broke the windows and spray painted the office building at 50 – 60 Station Road near the rail station. They sent us this explanation. Why did we choose this anonymous-looking building? Because as soon as it was built,
New survey reveals the hidden cost of living in the gig economy this Christmas
20 December 2022: As people across the country struggle with the cost of living crisis this Christmas, a new survey by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) reveals the extent of its triple impact on platform workers in the gig economy, who are also being hit with plummeting pay and soaring costs. Over
Construction workers picket Amazon site in Gateshead after mass sacking
Rank and file construction workers have launched a picket at the site of a new Amazon facility after a mass sacking. On Wednesday June 16th, electricians picketed out the site where Amazon’s new NCL1 warehouse is being built in Gateshead, in response to reports that workers were being given tasks that they hadn’t been properly
Wildcat action stops de-skilling at Gateshead Amazon facility
A recent wildcat action among workers building an Amazon fulfilment centre in Gateshead was successful at stopping a de-skilling attempt. This follows from the recent victory in the national “No to ESO” construction rank and file struggle over de-skilling at Hinkley Point C. Earlier this year, the construction industry saw a major struggle between rank-and-file
PeaceTech: World peace through … corporate training?
In another age, an industry-leading company joining up with the US government to identify and co-opt startups in foreign nations might have been regarded as dodgy. But over the Christmas period exactly that was advertised in a bizarre feature which appeared on page five of the Sunday Times business supplement. Entitled “What Jeff Bezos wants
Are Amazon digging a hole for themselves at Tilbury?
Since the Amazon distribution facility opened in Tilbury at the start of October, over 600 workers have either quit because the working conditions are so bad or they’ve been sacked for failing to meet onerous productivity targets. See this report in the Thurrock Independent for full details: Sacked worker backs report into poor conditions at
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Harrods workers vote for Xmas strike
Walkout over pay and conditions expected on 19 December as company refuses to engage with union ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Hundreds of workers across Harrods’ retail, restaurant, kitchen and cleaning departments have returned a resounding 95% yes vote to strike action in the Christmas season.
