{"id":13265,"date":"2024-02-08T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T11:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/amazon-accused-of-using-union-busting-tactics-at-midlands-warehouses\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T11:38:18","slug":"amazon-accused-of-using-union-busting-tactics-at-midlands-warehouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/amazon-accused-of-using-union-busting-tactics-at-midlands-warehouses\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon accused of using \u2018union-busting\u2019 tactics at Midlands warehouses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Claim comes as GMB union prepares for three days of strike action at tech company\u2019s Coventry warehouse<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2024\/feb\/08\/china-prices-fall-deflation-stock-markets-ftse-bank-of-england-business-live\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The GMB has accused Amazon of resorting to \u201cunion-busting\u201d tactics at its warehouses in the Midlands, with workplace message boards telling staff: \u201cWe want to speak <em>with<\/em> you. A union wants to speak <em>for<\/em> you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The claim comes as the union prepares to take three days of strike action next week at Amazon\u2019s Coventry warehouse, known as BHX4, as part of an industrial dispute that has been going on for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jan\/22\/first-industrial-action-at-amazon-uk-hopes-to-strike-at-firms-union-hostility\">more than a year<\/a>. Staff are demanding a pay increase to \u00a315 an hour and the right to negotiate with the company over pay and conditions.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/feb\/08\/gmb-accuses-amazon-union-busting-tactics-midlands-warehouses\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3e066c8e619dabd51c7648c747666994a9c444b2\/0_94_6000_3600\/master\/6000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=59b3b4e7f2a12cc26b294958f0c30d23\" title=\"Amazon accused of using \u2018union-busting\u2019 tactics at Midlands warehouses\" \/>Claim comes as GMB union prepares for three days of strike action at tech company\u2019s Coventry warehouse<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nThe GMB has accused Amazon of resorting to \u201cunion-busting\u201d tactics at its warehouses in the Midlands, with workplace message boards telling staff: \u201cWe want to speak with you. A union wants to speak for you.\u201d<br \/>\nThe claim comes as the union prepares to take three days of strike action next week at Amazon\u2019s Coventry warehouse, known as BHX4, as part of an industrial dispute that has been going on for more than a year. Staff are demanding a pay increase to \u00a315 an hour and the right to negotiate with the company over pay and conditions. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claim comes as GMB union prepares for three days of strike action at tech company\u2019s Coventry warehouse Business live \u2013 latest updates The GMB has accused Amazon of resorting to \u201cunion-busting\u201d tactics at its warehouses in the Midlands, with workplace message boards telling staff: \u201cWe want to speak with you. A union wants to speak &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/amazon-accused-of-using-union-busting-tactics-at-midlands-warehouses\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amazon accused of using \u2018union-busting\u2019 tactics at Midlands warehouses<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13266,"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\/13265"}],"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=13265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}