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The Campaign So Far
For more than a decade GMB has been campaigning for Amazon workers to be treated fairly - with dignity and respect.
2023
26 June
26 June
Amazon workers renew their mandate for strike action a further 6 months, and announce 3 new strike days beginning on Amazon's "Prime Day".
8 June
8 June
Amazon respond by going on a massive recruitment drive, taking the number of employees at the Coventry site from 1,400 to 2,700.
GMB withdraws from the recognition process, vowing to continue the campaign for union recognition and a pay rise for Amazon workers.
27 April
27 April
GMB applies to ACAS for statutory recognition at Amazon Coventry, believing that more than 50% of the workforce are now members of GMB.
26 April
26 April
Between January and April, GMB members at the Amazon site in Coventry take 19 days of strike action, inspiring huge numbers of Amazon workers to join the union.
25 January
25 January
GMB members at the Amazon distribution centre in Coventry take the first day of strike action at an Amazon site in UK history.
2022
4 August
4 August
Hundreds of Amazon workers across the UK withdraw their labour, after the company offered a "kick in the teeth" 35p pay rise during a cost-of-living crisis.
2020
27 November
27 November
GMB teams up with unions worldwide to challenge Amazon's record on workers' rights, the environment and tax.
26 November
26 November
GMB projects the message ‘make Amazon pay’ on the side of the Amazon London HQ.
14 October
14 October
GMB calls on the Government to use its purchasing power to stand up for Amazon on workers’ rights.
24 March
24 March
GMB calls out Amazon for 'blatantly disregarding' social distancing rules as workers left in 300 strong crowds.
18 February
18 February
GMB calls for an urgent parliamentary inquiry into the working conditions at Amazon sites across the UK.
17 February
17 February
BBC Panorama investigate Amazon’s working practices - again highlighting GMB evidence from workers.
2019
29 November
29 November
GMB hold major protests on Black Friday in Warrington, Sheffield, Doncaster, Peterborough, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Bristol, Swansea, Rugley and more.
22 October
22 October
GMB campaigners go to the EU Commissioner and meet with MEP’s to discuss the situation at Amazon sites.
21 October
21 October
GMB research into Amazon's appalling health and safety record features in Daily Mirror front page.
22 July
22 July
GMB calls on Jeff Bezos to show empathy with the very people that have helped contribute to his vast and increasing personal fortune.
15 July
15 July
GMB stages Prime Day protests across the UK in anger at the appalling working conditions in the retail giant’s warehouses.
2018
23 November
23 November
GMB launch massive Black Friday campaign to highlight plight and unsafe working conditions for Amazon workers. The protests went global with international coverage.
21 November
21 November
GMB host the Global Amazon Alliance of trade unions meeting in London. The event was attended by more than 20 unions from around the world.
13 November
13 November
A GMB investigation reveals more than 600 serious health and safety incidents reported at amazon warehouses.
6 September
6 September
GMB team up with MPs to call on Amazon to clean up their act and recognise the GMB.
3 August
3 August
GMB calls out Amazon for their miniscule tax payments calling it a “complete disregard” for the UK tax payer.
22 July
22 July
GMB launch the 'Amazon, we are not robots' campaign at Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally.
16 July
16 July
GMB launches Prime Day actions and activity across a number of UK Amazon sites as poor safety issues and poor treatment becomes even worse on Prime Day.
4 June
4 June
GMB announce further legal actions against three Amazon delivery companies on the charge of bogus self-employment.
1 June
1 June
A GMB investigation reveals that, between 2015 and 2017, ambulances were called out 115 times at Amazon’s Rugeley site. GMB, say “Amazon should be utterly ashamed of themselves.”
15 January
15 January
GMB delivers ‘ground breaking’ victory against UK Express for workers who deliver for Amazon.
Workers were offered compensation of around £20,000.
2017
14 December
14 December
GMB organising campaigns grow at Amazon Rugely in Birmingham as members tell GMB that they are being reprimanded for taking toilet breaks.
8 October
8 October
GMB surveys members in Amazon and they tell GMB they want:
Better pay
Improved safety and security
To be treated with dignity
To be treated like a humans not robots
3 April
3 April
GMB files legal claim against Amazon’s logistics company, UK Express, in high profile case against firms using self-employment loopholes to avoid paying the minimum wage.
2016
11 December
11 December
GMB launches campaign to get decent jobs at Amazon and launched Petition.
2015
18 August
18 August
GMB attack Amazon in the press for pressuring workers to be “above-average Amazon robots”.
2014
20 October
20 October
Amazon cave into GMB’s campaign for improved terms and conditions for workers by offering temporary workers improved pay.
GMB say “it’s a small step in the right direction.”
30 September
30 September
GMB deliver an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) to Amazon at their Croydon Depot on tax avoidance and poor treatment of staff.
2 July
2 July
The GMB organisers team up with union’s across Europe to pile pressure on Amazon internationally to improve working conditions.
2013
25 November
25 November
GMB’s campaign leads to first BBC Panorama investigation into the conditions that one expert said could cause ‘mental and physical illness.”
1 August
1 August
Major campaign launches at the Swansea site in South Wales after reports of poor working conditions.
13 February
13 February
GMB Amazon campaign begins with protests outside sites across the UK.
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