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Online retail giant Amazon was Wednesday facing its first strike by UK workers, who are protesting over a pay rise deemed unacceptable in a cost-of-living crisis. Online retail giant Amazon was Wednesday facing its first strike by UK workers, who are protesting over a pay rise deemed unacceptable in a cost-of-living crisis. A few hundred workers at a warehouse in Coventry, central England, have walked out over a pay increase worth five percent, less than half the current UK inflation rate. It comes as tens of…

Amazon staff at a warehouse in Coventry in central England have voted in favour of strike action over pay, a union said on Friday, in the latest labour dispute involving the U.S. e-commerce giant's British workers. More than 300 workers voted in a consultative ballot, with 97% saying they were ready to walk out, the GMB union said. It will now meet staff to discuss next steps including a possible formal vote on strike action. "Amazon workers are rightly furious and they are ready to walk out," GMB Senior Organiser Amanda…

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