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Uber has recognized a trade union for the first time. 70,000 drivers in the UK can now join and collectively negotiate wages, sick pay, and pensions.
70,000 Uber drivers can now join one of the UK's largest trade unions, GMB, giving them more say ov…
Kate Duffy
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An Amazon executive said the company is 'not concerned' about unionization efforts because it offers competitive salaries and good benefits
"Robots are treated better than us," an Amazon warehouse worker in the UK told the BBC in January o…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Amazon workers and activism groups are staging Black Friday protests around the world, while the company tries to placate workers with $300 holiday bonuses
A global coalition of Amazon workers, unions, and activism groups protested the company on Black Fr…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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After a man dressed as Spiderman kicked a store worker in the throat, unions call on the UK government to beef up laws protecting retail staff
Videos show a man dressed in a Spiderman suit kicking a store worker in the throat. It's the latest…
Mary Hanbury
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A busy Amazon warehouse could cause a COVID-19 outbreak on Prime Day, a union warned. Amazon accused it of 'scaremongering.'
Ahead of Prime Day, eight workers had tested positive for the virus in Amazon's Coventry warehouse …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A massive union will protest outside an Amazon event after reports of warehouse workers peeing in bottles
"Amazon provides a safe and positive workplace for thousands of people across the UK with competiti…
Shona Ghosh
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One of Britain's biggest unions is ratcheting up its war on Uber
"I think it is wrong that if you're sick you get nothing. That if you want to get time off to look …
Rob Price
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A workers' union skewered Amazon's labour practices with a whack-a-mole game about working at a warehouse over Christmas
Occasionally messages flash up such as "Time for a toilet break - actually... here's a bottle, no t…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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Amazon faces Black Friday strikes and protests on 'Make Amazon Pay' day
Unions say the Black Friday action is the "largest day of industrial disruption" in Amazon's 30-yea…
Polly Thompson
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A striking Amazon warehouse worker says the company treats its robots better than its human staff
"I wish we were treated like robots because the robots are treated better than us," Darren Westwood…
Beatrice Nolan
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Amazon didn't give its UK warehouse workers a full day off for the Queen's funeral
Amazon gave its UK warehouse workers eight hours off for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, but many of …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Amazon workers in the UK are protesting after being given a pay rise of just 42 cents an hour
A pay rise announced on Thursday that was far below the rate of inflation has sparked protests by w…
Jyoti Mann
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Thousands of people across Europe are protesting and striking against Amazon on Black Friday
On Thursday night climate activists in France blockaded the entrance to a warehouse outside Paris. …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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'We are not robots': Thousands of Amazon workers across Europe are striking on Black Friday over poor warehouse working conditions
In a press release sent to Business Insider, the GMB said it was protesting "inhuman conditions" at…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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Amazon workers across Europe will protest 'inhuman' warehouse working conditions on Black Friday
The biggest protest will take place at Rugeley, near Birmingham, with upwards of 100 people expecte…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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Gujarat ports see lower than national average growth
New Delhi, Jan 30 () Gujarat, home for busiest seaports in the country, has recorded cargo traffic …
PTI
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Electrocution, cardiac pain, and a miscarriage: Amazon warehouse investigation reveals 600 ambulance call-outs for injured workers
The miscarriage Rix referred to was raised at a meeting of British lawmakers, who were discussing t…
Shona Ghosh
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This poll shows support for Brexit is collapsing
Crucially, the percentage of Leave of voters who say they would make the same choice again has fall…
Thomas Colson
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Leaked Uber email insists minimum wage ruling only applies to two of its drivers
A London employment tribunal ruling last week found that Uber drivers are not independent entrepren…
Jim Edwards
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750 KFCs in Britain are closed because of a chicken logistics crisis
Rix added: "Bidvest have a number of depots, which means that drivers don't have to drive hund…