{"id":10703,"date":"2023-07-11T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T14:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/i-am-not-a-robot-why-amazon-uk-workers-are-striking-on-prime-day\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T14:37:19","slug":"i-am-not-a-robot-why-amazon-uk-workers-are-striking-on-prime-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/i-am-not-a-robot-why-amazon-uk-workers-are-striking-on-prime-day\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I am not a robot\u2019: Why Amazon UK workers are striking on Prime Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds join action at online retailer\u2019s Coventry site in standoff over pay, conditions and union rights<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a picket line,\u201d says Rachel Fagan emphatically. The GMB union\u2019s Midlands regional organiser <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachelannefagan\/status\/1678704802832830465?s=20\">stands in front of a line of striking workers<\/a> several rows deep at Amazon\u2019s vast BHX4 warehouse in Coventry, during industrial action designed to embarrass the online behemoth during a high profile sales event.<\/p>\n<p>About 900 workers at the Coventry warehouse are taking three days of strike action from 11 July to 13 July, coinciding with its Prime Day sales event on Tuesday and Wednesday. Along the picket line, one worker holds up a placard carrying the union\u2019s familiar refrain: \u201cI am not a robot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/11\/i-am-not-a-robot-why-amazon-workers-are-striking-on-prime-day\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0ca95d5fe3d1e8a164f61e9ffe9c407de276352e\/0_237_1600_960\/master\/1600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7a7c4c0e2b34f4bfd2bceeca014ca91a\" title=\"\u2018I am not a robot\u2019: Why Amazon UK workers are striking on Prime Day\" \/>Hundreds join action at online retailer\u2019s Coventry site in standoff over pay, conditions and union rights<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a picket line,\u201d says Rachel Fagan emphatically. The GMB union\u2019s Midlands regional organiser stands in front of a line of striking workers several rows deep at Amazon\u2019s vast BHX4 warehouse in Coventry, during industrial action designed to embarrass the online behemoth during a high profile sales event.<br \/>\nAbout 900 workers at the Coventry warehouse are taking three days of strike action from 11 July to 13 July, coinciding with its Prime Day sales event on Tuesday and Wednesday. Along the picket line, one worker holds up a placard carrying the union\u2019s familiar refrain: \u201cI am not a robot.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds join action at online retailer\u2019s Coventry site in standoff over pay, conditions and union rights \u201cThis is a picket line,\u201d says Rachel Fagan emphatically. The GMB union\u2019s Midlands regional organiser stands in front of a line of striking workers several rows deep at Amazon\u2019s vast BHX4 warehouse in Coventry, during industrial action designed to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/i-am-not-a-robot-why-amazon-uk-workers-are-striking-on-prime-day\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018I am not a robot\u2019: Why Amazon UK workers are striking on Prime Day<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10703"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}