Amazon union members launch strike ballots at two UK sites

GMB demands formal recognition at Coventry site as members in Rugeley and Mansfield votes on industrial action

Union members at Amazon are stepping up their battle over pay and conditions, launching strike ballots at two more warehouses, as the GMB union demands formal recognition at the delivery company’s Coventry site.

GMB members at Amazon fulfilment centres in Rugeley, Staffordshire, and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, are voting on whether to strike after signalling their readiness to take industrial action in consultative ballots.