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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.
“We have more than 800 members at the site — over 50 per cent of the workforce — and are battling hard for recognition,” Ms Plant told delegates in Brighton.
“When we win, it will send a message of hope around the world.”
She also slammed “reckless Tory ministers for creating economic and social chaos” before praising “effective, smart and courageous unions for providing the perfect tonic which scares the government witless.”
The amalgamated union, which represents more than 500,000 public and private-sector workers across various industries, traces its origins back to the Gas Workers and General Labourers Union, founded in 1889 by Eleanor Marx, daughter of Karl.
