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Back the Amazon strikers
ANDY BAIN explains why every trade unionist should join Amazon strikers in Coventry on August 5
Members of the GMB union on the picket line outside the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry as Amazon workers take strike action in a dispute over pay, February 28, 2023
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THERE has been a chaotic and bewildering year of national strikes, ballots and actions all over the labour movement. The scale of it has left many of us excited and exhausted.
While many of the national disputes continue to dominate the activity of the movement — in universities and railways the strikes continue — there is one dispute that is most firmly about the future of trade unions than any. It is the Amazon strike at Coventry.
This is classic non-union territory against a global powerhouse. The workforce is casualised, it is in the private sector and the company is determined not to tolerate any unions in its workplaces.
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