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GMB fails to secure right to represent retailer’s staff, in what would have been a first outside the USBusiness live – latest updatesWorkers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse have narrowly voted against a historic trade union recognition deal, in a setback for campaigners who had been pushing for the right to collectively bargain over pay and conditions.Workers voted by a majority of 50.5% to reject the proposal for the GMB trade union to represent them in negotiations with the US online retailer, with those who wanted union recognition falling just 29 votes short. Continue reading…
GMB fails to secure right to represent retailer’s staff, in what would have been a first outside the US
Business live – latest updates
Workers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse have narrowly voted against a historic trade union recognition deal, in a setback for campaigners who had been pushing for the right to collectively bargain over pay and conditions.
Workers voted by a majority of 50.5% to reject the proposal for the GMB trade union to represent them in negotiations with the US online retailer, with those who wanted union recognition falling just 29 votes short.