{"id":6585,"date":"2022-08-04T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/04\/hundreds-of-amazon-staff-in-essex-stop-work-in-protest-at-35p-pay-rise\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:37:00","slug":"hundreds-of-amazon-staff-in-essex-stop-work-in-protest-at-35p-pay-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/04\/hundreds-of-amazon-staff-in-essex-stop-work-in-protest-at-35p-pay-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Amazon staff in Essex stop work in protest at 35p pay rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Union says about 700 workers in Tilbury warehouse joined action and some faced disciplinary measures<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/amazon\">Amazon<\/a> employees have stopped work at the online retailer\u2019s warehouse in Tilbury in Essex in response to a pay rise of only 35p \u2013 about 3% \u2013 compared with inflation that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2022\/aug\/04\/bank-of-england-raises-interest-rates-to-1-point-75-per-cent-in-biggest-hike-in-27-years\">expected to hit 13% later this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The GMB union said about 700 of the roughly 3,500 employees at the site, which is one of Amazon\u2019s largest in Europe, gathered in the facility\u2019s canteen for a meeting as they tried to register a protest against the pay deal.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/aug\/04\/hundreds-amazon-staff-essex-stop-work-protest-35p-pay-rise\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/41914602a8d0090870df86440f912396dcd2698a\/0_23_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=34590860430de174a8db62c78c3cf444\" title=\"Hundreds of Amazon staff in Essex stop work in protest at 35p pay rise\" \/>Union says about 700 workers in Tilbury warehouse joined action and some faced disciplinary measures<br \/>\nHundreds of Amazon employees have stopped work at the online retailer\u2019s warehouse in Tilbury in Essex in response to a pay rise of only 35p \u2013 about 3% \u2013 compared with inflation that is expected to hit 13% later this year.<br \/>\nThe GMB union said about 700 of the roughly 3,500 employees at the site, which is one of Amazon\u2019s largest in Europe, gathered in the facility\u2019s canteen for a meeting as they tried to register a protest against the pay deal. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union says about 700 workers in Tilbury warehouse joined action and some faced disciplinary measures Hundreds of Amazon employees have stopped work at the online retailer\u2019s warehouse in Tilbury in Essex in response to a pay rise of only 35p \u2013 about 3% \u2013 compared with inflation that is expected to hit 13% later this &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/04\/hundreds-of-amazon-staff-in-essex-stop-work-in-protest-at-35p-pay-rise\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hundreds of Amazon staff in Essex stop work in protest at 35p pay rise<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6586,"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\/6585"}],"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=6585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}