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Amazon faces biggest ever Black Friday strikes over measly £1 pay rise
Parcels are processed and prepared for dispatch at Amazon's Fulfilment Centre at Kingston Park in Peterborough as the online retailer prepares for Black Friday, November 2017

AMAZON faces its biggest ever strike after GMB announced a four-day walkout in the run-up to Black Friday.

More than 1,000 workers at its Coventry warehouse are set to down tools after bosses offered a measly £1 pay rise, despite it being one of world’s richest companies.

The strike will run from Tuesday to Friday next week, as well as Black Friday on November 24.

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