Amazon Coventry warehouse workers ballot to join union
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Workers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse are voting in an historic ballot which could see the company recognise a trade union for the first time ever in the UK.
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If they win, the GMB union would be able to collectively bargain on behalf of Amazon staff over pay and conditions.
But Channel 4 News has spoken to a number of workers who say the work can be physically punishing and claim the two trillion dollar company is employing anti-union tactics, which Amazon denies.
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Amazon have some really nasty rules that are expected of you to work there for little pay. I fully support those unionising.
And they should be regulated and taxed like other businesses, and their "Directors" held personally liable for any breaches of law.
Stick together. Don't let them play you off each other.
The wellbeing of the 68 year old woman tied to her job while facing multiple heart attacks. Seek advice please 😢
She has a choice
@@guff9567yes give up work and live on the streets.
@@jablot5054 so?
@@guff9567 There's no guarantee you won't be in a similar situation when you're her age...You'll get your comeuppance sooner or later though and someone will say "so what" to you too.
@@jakereevesward4562 streetz is where EVERYONE should be.
A 68 year old working in Amazon warehouse is just too much for the body I think.
And billionaires are more worried about going first on holidays to space , while poor workers are working like donkeys 🫏 and getting heart attacks as well.
What about the trillions wasted by the government on war.
Commie
@@guff9567 troll
Maybe the billionaires should start companies amd provide millions of jobs for people
@@Jdsfbgfvbvxv loser
Good for them - that heart attack lady should take them to court and clean them up for all they have
aint that easy... amazon will pay millions for the best lawyers whom will find a way to get em out of it.
@@zainzubair6904 well if she died whilst working & due to exhaustion I would hope they wouldn't work there way out of that
@@Stephan__ox. you'd hope not, but they would do
@@zainzubair6904and if she loses she may be held liable for Amazon’s court costs which would be, as u say millions.
@@Stephan__ox. I work for Amazon, my friend from the US had someone die of a heart attack while packing. They had someone else in the station within a few hours.
Stand strong and unionise. This is British.
true British culture is to stand in solidarity with your fellow workers ✊
No don't stop making trouble for the British peoples
😂😂funny they look like foreigners to me😂you know the ones you don't want in your country 😂
It’s because of this poor wages that makes this few people so damn rich!
Amazon America is unionised and conditions have improved. Vote for the unionisation of Amazon UK.
This is factually incorrect. One American Amazon site has unionized, JFK8. The company has refused to recognize the union.
5:15 Can't take sick leave again for six months? She has a heart condition, FFS! It happens whenever it happens!
I worked as an Amazon driver for almost a year it's the same story, I had to deliver almost 400+ parcels a day 6 days a week and was financially penalised if I was falling behind or couldn't complete a route. My DSP even tried to make me do illegal things just so they could make their delivery rate. I'm now part of a collective claim against my former DSP and Amazon. Warehouse workers are well within their rights to do what is necessary to stop this company from taking liberties.
Hi mate, what was the reason your claim against your dsp ? i am a driver as wellZ just wondering. 😅
Was DSP one motion?
@@muratbingol8248 they took an alarming number of dedications from me and tried to get me to do Down right illegal things and when I pressed them on these questionable deductions. They were hesitant at first but I kept pushing anthem finally got an answer they said it was for “office admin costs”! Which they shouldn’t be charging me for also I keep a record on the numbers of days and routes that I do and they didn’t pay me for quite a lot of them straight up crooks.
@@Heisenberg2K no I worked at one based outside London they are all the same
I did it at Christmas once. It is a nightmare.
✊️unionise!
Keep up the pressure. We need unions in every amazon depot. Power to the people. Watch the great amazon heist.
The Billionaire boss is drinking champagne on board a yatch while workers are working like robots and having heart attacks. Enough is enough
"Enough is enough" ohhohhoho scarey
Nobody asked you to work
They can always start their own company
When the first amazon in the UK was opened it was a Blast and working was good but after a while things changed but once union starts with Amazon i bet the warehouses will start to vanish because super rich greedy want you to work all the time in terrible conditions
we have global companies, but we dont have global rights for workers....
All to fund his competition with other billionaires to have the longest super-yacht.
Vote for unions, the company in this case Amazon would never look after you. Unions will.
pay them Amazon
Solidarity ✊
Maybe time to boycott Amazon, think twice before you order
Couldn’t careless lol
Aamzon will just hire double the amount of staff that are there already, pay them a bit more and have the vote quashed
Doubling the staff would dilute everyone's wages down, not the other way around.........
Amazon unfortunately is not a company that will budge, not especially with what they consider to be their 'grunt' workers. They will simply overload with agency staff, and oust the current warehouse operatives. They are too big, and profitable to care.
Hope it goes well ✊ solidarity
Excellent
Royal Mail is joining the race to the bottom unfortunately 😢
They see the likes of Amazon and DPD and think they should be doing the same... that's the issue.
FFS it’s you don’t need a PHD to know that unionising will help to improve working conditions
However even intelligent people can be susceptible to lies and propaganda. That is what Amazon pushes in its anti union busting and so many people believe it.
BOYCOTT AMAZON. IF YOU BUY FROM AMAZON THEN YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE WEAR HOUSE WORKERS MYSERY
Solidarity
This is so true, this is the only warehouse there is no union. You are literally helpless and managers do as they please with workers. You cannot talk back if you do you get moved.
I hope Amazon moved the 68 year-old off manual warehouse labour!
Doubtful
Rich people are greedy; they want more money, never happy with what they have got. The workers worked for that profit but it gets divided by the shareholders.
As someone who recently left this company, I would say that the pay and conditions are awful. Never have I felt exploited as much as the time I spent there.
I LOVE AMAZON & I PAY EXTRA FOR PRIME, BUT DO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO PURCHASE FROM THERE AT THE COST OF THE HEALTH & WELFARE OF OTHERS, I DON’T KNOW.
BECAUSE, ONE HAND THEY NEED THE SALES TO FULFIL THEIR ROLES YET IT’S DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR WELLBEING , IT’S A VICIOUS CIRCLE & A WORRYING ONE.
I HOPE THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED TOM’W.
That’s the problem, so was I. It takes courage to close the Amazon account and delete the app. It can be done though
why are you all caps?
These modern day robber barons are disgusting and depraved. Governments sign away any decent work practices for jobs at any price.
I always used to think Amazon workers with a New Slaves until I met the deliveroo crew... 💯
Unionise.
The bonuses are minimal. The hour flexibility is false - good luck requesting certain days off rota. Pay rates are fixed anyway. Share options require 3 years of work to make them worthwhile, where most employees are pushed out after 2.
All of the incentives amazon gives for not unionising are empty promises.
Our government criticise other countries poor working conditions and modern slavery but allows it to happen here.
Workers need more rights that guarantee access to unions, massive fines have to be at stake for companies that refuse...
Thank you for reporting. I had wrongly assumed UK laws offered better protection for workere than the US. To know they haven't yet got a union is a revelation.
Hello Amazon, we are in the UK, not the US.
She's 68? And still working?
Have you been to the UK in recent years? It’s practically feudal….
My mums almost 80 and still works. Voted tory too.
@@50_Pencemy condolences
When your pension is only £800 a month and your rent is £900 for a two bed flat what choice do you have? This is the reality in Britain. Why politicians keep selling it as the best country in the world I don't know?
@@jablot5054If she invested her money in a stocks and shares isa and in the s and p 500 by 68 she would be able to retire and live off her investments.
I would never work for this slave trade. Too much stress, I prefer to work at a bank from home and get paid more as such poor beings.
3:15 These are the same underhanded union-busting tactics they employed in the US to dissuade workers from unionising. How is any of this legal?
this is absolutely disgusting. I am done with Amazon.
Well done them workers! Amazon needs to become a better employer!!!!
is it true that rich business people are so tight
I don't really get this, lots of people unhappy with cost of living bills etc. Some others have a job and unhappy....
Maybe the way is work 16 hrs p/w and claim benefit just do what the majority is doing
And suffer together
Stay strong and wishing the best for you to unionize
They will likely automate the warehouses like Ocado did
Unionise!
This isn't a union issue this is a government issue. Come on labour put minimum wage up to £15 per hour and tax big companies properly
Small businesses couldn't afford £15 an hour. Many businesses would go bust.
@@gfn-er8pwso be it unfortunate. If a business cannot pay its workers a livable wage without being loss making then it should not exist. It is a failed business model.
@David-bi6lf you would kill business in this country for no reason. What an idiot
Its an issue that requires union and government intervention.
Good for them, workers solidarity
That’s the reason why I don’t want to join the Amazon place 💀
Havent used Amazon for nearly 10 years and won't ever.
I have visited Amazon warehouses before. You will only find young and fit workers. Anyone who can't keep up with the front of the pack gets pushed out.
Amazon disliking the video.
And they voted against unionisation...
Royal Mail in 2024 is copying Amazon's Model but unfortunately with the unions help , very bad place to work with unachievable workloads
Same as Amazon EMA1, would be good to look into them as well and most of Amazons
I cant believe they voted against the gmb .....you just cant help some people
I had a similar experience with a couple of logistic companies then I had enough and found employment elsewhere.
Amazon tell the press one thing and do another. We have a 4 day working week till they call compulsory overtime 😂
Isn't it anyone's choice to work there? Maybe it's true that Amazon needs to change the workers rights and pay but you do read the contract before, you must have a trial shift as well. There are plenty of job vacancies these days due to Brexit and I believe you can easily find something else to do.
The one thing I don’t like about Amazon is that there’s always something missing from the parcel, like screws
Amazon Pays 20-22 USD per hour in USA.
But 12.3£ in UK
Good luck. A trade union is a right.
It's sad that Amazon drivers can't unionise as they are self employed. That's where slave labor is in Amazon. Doing 190 stops per day, around 240-290 locations. I'm lucky to be done with it but worst experience of my life. Running 9 hours/10 hours with no breaks and if by some chance you finish early (like no reattempts at this day or less traffic) they will just add more to your route next time. Started job with 230lbs of weight, after less than a year I was 180. Avoid at all cost
i would imagine that Amazon will just bring in more workers like last time to make sure the overall number of votes is not enough to unionise
Go Cov, stand up for your rights. You know there are millions out here rooting for you ✊ Solidarity, don't let them divide you ✊
She needs to sue
I been working for uber eats and we don’t get paid minimum wega £11.44 like today I been out since 6pm all I made is £26 😂😂 if government wants tax they need to do something about this !!! Tell the Uber and Deliveroo just eat minimum of pay is £11.44 not less than that !! Let’s see new government gonna listen to us !!!
I hope they do because you guys have a hard public facing job and deserve at least the minimum wage.
IS THAT MINIMUM WAGE £11.44 ?
WOW.....No surprize...
Brilliant. Well done.
If only Amazon could pick up and deliver the parcel that sat 4 days outside my house when I told them it was not addressed to me and just deliver it to the correct address. I o
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Great. Power to the people. 💪
All workers should be represented by unions. Companies can never be trusted enough to govern themselves
Don't use them. Buy mum and pop
What’s mum and pop?
@@unusedsub3003 independent online stores
Yuno what’s funny? When you’re training they literally say “we’re not against unions but we just recommend you don’t do it”🤣🤣
Cathy Newman of Channel 4 News exhibited very poor listening in her interview on Jan 16, 2018 and set a bad example for children. Cathy Newman tried to paint her interviewee as biased but she failed and stumbled on her own (lack of) logic. Ha, gotcha!
Possibly the worst camera work in any news report, ever.
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Overplayed actually, to wear amazon uniform from home, I mean that woman, I think she has money for clothes.
Here's the thing how can ANY organisation legally record videos promoting a false working culture? Seems like a trade descriptions act issue?
billionaires worked for their money, he actually got off his backside and built a company from nowt. Anyone in his position wouldn't care about the small folk
How to apply for the job
Boycot Amazon
Well they have there pales in power now .Labour
They really need a union to protect them
Why was your undercover worker not done for hate speech?
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i'll give it to gmb union. they often were outside the amazon warehouse i used to work at in rugby at 6:30am after night shift finished. joined them. Amazon sucks, but consumers love cheap chinese knockoffs
Make Amazon pay
Unions will work for them!
And you better get some reps then. Because it's a hard job to do and you don't get paid. It takes over your home life and work life. They won't do anything for you till you've paid into it for three months and you need to understand your money is going straight to a political groups pocket. The NHS will already have it lawyers working on insuring staff never get on over them by producing more if their own policy and procedures to contract any new law. 3000 new policies. An NHS rep suffer the worst legislation to go against and don't forget you employer think your against them to as their ignorant of what a rep does. You have to be a councilor on top people bring their emotions with them. So remember your rep get nothing in pay to represent you even at a level five qualification.
Or just find another job?
No unions no way things get better. VOTE YES TO GMB REPRESENTATION