WE STAND WITH AMAZON WORKERS!

WE STAND WITH AMAZON WORKERS!

Workers demand dignity

£15 per hour now!

A massive mobilisation of the Trade Union being movement has been taking place with thousands of Amazon workers in Coventry, the UK and Internationally joining trade unions to demand fair pay and dignity at work.

The first strike by hundreds of workers is took place at Coventry Amazon in Jan following earlier wild cat action in the previous summer across the country when they were offered an insulting rise of 50p an hour.

Subsequent industrial action and pickets that has meant workers flocking to the GMB Trade Union. On the Saturday 5^th August a massive rally with take place.

Workers recognised that if they were going to get anything better then derisory a 50p pay rise offered by AMAZON that they would need to join a trade union and fight.

Many of these workers are young, women and come from different ethnic communities in Coventry. Care has been taken to ensure all workers feel part of the struggle.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION BUILDS THE UNION

Amazon is renown as being anti trade unions and have been trying desperately to flood the plant with new workers to stop the GMB reaching the 50% of workers to gain formal union recognition at the site but unfortunately for the Amazon bosses many of these workers are joining the GMB as well. They can fiddle as much as they like but the GMB will win!

WORKERS DEMAND THAT AMAZON RECOGNISE OUR UNION

Trade Unionists and members of the community in Coventry & Warwickshire know this will be a big fight but it is fair to say Coventry remains a relatively strong Trade Union city with good links and a history of solidarity. Support groups will be formed across the country following on from the initiative in Coventry.

Messages of support donations have already been received from local, regional, national and international workers including Amazon workers in these Trade Union fighting the same struggle. . Please do send support and join the protests in Coventry and other sites who will be taking action in the future.

THIS STRUGGLE HAS BEEN A REAL INSIGHT INTO HOW THE

 WORKERS MOVEMENT CAN BE BUILT

It has been brilliant to see these workers leading this strike and the trade unions across the city and beyond giving solidarity. I am proud that both Green Left and the Green Party Trade Union Group has sent support.

As Green Trade Unionists and Ecosocialists we recognise the absolute right for workers to be represented by a trade union, that the Tory anti Trade Union laws must be removed and that workers Just Transition rights must be a right to to decent pay and conditions.

Roy Sandison Member of the Coventry Amazon Support Workers Group (Personal Capacity). Green Party Trade Union Group Member and Green Left member.