Amazon Workers Launch Battle to Unionize in Britain
- More than 700 staff at Coventry site apply for recognition
- GMB labor group wants tech company to discuss higher pay
A picket line during a strike at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfilment centre in Coventry, UK, on Jan. 25.
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Amazon.com Inc. workers are trying to unionize at a major warehouse in the UK, as the company’s standoff with labor groups enters a new front.
The GMB officially applied for union recognition Friday on behalf of its members at a distribution center in Coventry, in England’s West Midlands. If successful, it would be the first British labor group to win the right to negotiate with the US technology company.