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GMB national president Barbara Plant opens the union's 2023 congress in Brighton
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FORCING global retail giant Amazon to recognise the GMB union would “send a message of hope around the world,” its national president Barbara Plant said today.
The ex-teaching assistant hailed her members’ historic struggle against “derisory” pay and poor working conditions at the US-owned online firm as she opened GMB’s five-day 2023 congress.
The union’s membership at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse has soared after workers there launched the first British-based strike against the mega-rich company in January.
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