Workers were offered a pay increase worth five percent, less than the UK inflation rate. On Wednesday, online retail giant Amazon faced its first strike by UK workers, who are protesting over salaries deemed unacceptable in a cost-of-living crisis. "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," he added. "They're just having to work, work, work, they're not allowed to talk to people, it's difficult to take a toilet break," she claimed. Responding, Amazon said in a statement that "a tiny proportion of our workforce are involved" in the UK strike action.

Source: News 24 January 26, 2023 04:01 UTC