Amazon UK staff announce strikes in Birmingham and Coventry

Workers at Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN, ETR:AMZ)’s Coventry and Birmingham-based fulfilment centres will down tools in the coming weeks in the latest round of strikes to hit the e-commerce giant’s UK operations. Strike action will take place in Coventry on March 19-20 and 27 in Birmingham on March 27-28. Workers at the Birmingham centre, which only opened its doors last October, first warned of potential industrial action in December. GMB organiser Rachel Fagan commented: “Fresh strike action will be a huge ...