Amazon's Black Friday Strike Spreads in the UK

Hundreds of workers picketed outside Amazon's Coventry warehouse on Black Friday, which fell on November 24 this year, as part of a global campaign backed by union organizers from Europe and the United States demanding better working conditions at the internet retailer.

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The Guardian reports that organizers from the GMB Union in Coventry said they have now signed up 1,200 members following workers' first strike in January.

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They filed a formal application for union recognition with the independent Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) this year, believing they represent more than half the workforce in Coventry. After subsequently learning that the CAC had upheld Amazon's claim, they alleged the company hired more than 1,000 additional workers to "bust the union," and withdrew the application. They are now considering filing a new one.

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Alke Bössiger, assistant general secretary of UNI Global Union and one of the co-organizers of the Make Amazon Pay campaign, said more than 150 actions against Amazon took place in over 30 countries on November 24.

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The U.S. regulator Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging anti-competitive conduct, which Amazon denies.

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