LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - Britain's GMB trade union said on Thursday more than a thousand workers at two Amazon (AMZN.O) fulfilment centres in England would take strike action in early August in an ongoing pay dispute.
"This industrial action will spread further: it’s clear the fight for workers’ rights at Amazon is only just beginning,” GMB Senior Organiser Rachel Fagan said in a statement.
Workers in Rugeley will walk out on Aug. 3-4 and staff in Coventry will take action on Aug. 4-5, the union said.
"In less than a year, our minimum pay has risen by 10% and by more than 37% since 2018," an Amazon spokesperson said.
In June, the union said Amazon workers in Coventry, who had previously staged a series of walkouts since January, had voted in favour of six more months of industrial action.
Persons:
” GMB, Rachel Fagan, Amazon, Prerna Bedi, Helen Reid, Farouq Suleiman, Kylie MacLellan
Organizations:
Amazon, Workers, Thomson
Locations:
England, Rugeley, Coventry