AMAZON workers are planning to strike on November 24 — coinciding with this year’s Black Friday.
Fed-up employees are demanding better wages and for the world’s largest retailer to recognise unions — and are set to walk out on one of the biggest trading days.
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US workers voted to form the first union at one of Amazon’s US warehouses on Staten Island in New York last spring.
Details of the strike were finalised at a summit in Manchester yesterday held by campaign group Progressive International.
Spokesman David Adler said the global day of action is set to be the largest yet, with workers going on strike and joining other protests.
He said Amazon’s results published on Thursday showed the company can afford to pay more.
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It revealed profits almost tripled to £8.1billion in the last three months, up from £2.39billion a year ago.
Some UK workers at the firm will be striking earlier next month too. The GMB union said more than 1,000 of its members based in Coventry will strike between November 7 and 9 as well as Black Friday.
An Amazon spokesman said: “We always strive to be better, and while we know we’ve got more work to do, we’re proud of the progress we’ve made.”
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The French spirits maker said revenue in the first half of the year fell more than a fifth to £555m.
It warned that American sales halved during the six months.
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