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Amazon Coventry warehouse workers ballot to join union

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Ай бұрын

Workers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse are voting in an historic ballot which could see the company recognise a trade union for the first time ever in the UK.
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If they win, the GMB union would be able to collectively bargain on behalf of Amazon staff over pay and conditions.
But Channel 4 News has spoken to a number of workers who say the work can be physically punishing and claim the two trillion dollar company is employing anti-union tactics, which Amazon denies.
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@zainzoala1083
@zainzoala1083 Ай бұрын
And billionaires are more worried about going first on holidays to space , while poor workers are working like donkeys 🫏 and getting heart attacks as well.
@kb8570
@kb8570 Ай бұрын
What about the trillions wasted by the government on war.
@guff9567
@guff9567 Ай бұрын
Commie
@Jdsfbgfvbvxv
@Jdsfbgfvbvxv Ай бұрын
@@guff9567 troll
@crispyduck1706
@crispyduck1706 Ай бұрын
Maybe the billionaires should start companies amd provide millions of jobs for people
@guff9567
@guff9567 Ай бұрын
@@Jdsfbgfvbvxv loser
@Skygrey2943
@Skygrey2943 Ай бұрын
Amazon have some really nasty rules that are expected of you to work there for little pay. I fully support those unionising.
@brusselssprouts560
@brusselssprouts560 Ай бұрын
And they should be regulated and taxed like other businesses, and their "Directors" held personally liable for any breaches of law.
@BoyeeSmudger
@BoyeeSmudger Ай бұрын
Stick together. Don't let them play you off each other.
@videostoviews2262
@videostoviews2262 Ай бұрын
The wellbeing of the 68 year old woman tied to her job while facing multiple heart attacks. Seek advice please 😢
@guff9567
@guff9567 Ай бұрын
She has a choice
@jablot5054
@jablot5054 Ай бұрын
​@@guff9567yes give up work and live on the streets.
@guff9567
@guff9567 Ай бұрын
@@jablot5054 so?
@jakereevesward4562
@jakereevesward4562 Ай бұрын
​@@guff9567 There's no guarantee you won't be in a similar situation when you're her age...You'll get your comeuppance sooner or later though and someone will say "so what" to you too.
@guff9567
@guff9567 Ай бұрын
@@jakereevesward4562 streetz is where EVERYONE should be.
@Stephan__ox.
@Stephan__ox. Ай бұрын
Good for them - that heart attack lady should take them to court and clean them up for all they have
@zainzubair6904
@zainzubair6904 Ай бұрын
aint that easy... amazon will pay millions for the best lawyers whom will find a way to get em out of it.
@Stephan__ox.
@Stephan__ox. Ай бұрын
@@zainzubair6904 well if she died whilst working & due to exhaustion I would hope they wouldn't work there way out of that
@ZDProds-c8p
@ZDProds-c8p Ай бұрын
@@Stephan__ox. you'd hope not, but they would do
@thinkaboutit8809
@thinkaboutit8809 Ай бұрын
@@zainzubair6904and if she loses she may be held liable for Amazon’s court costs which would be, as u say millions.
@kevinh5212
@kevinh5212 Ай бұрын
​@@Stephan__ox. I work for Amazon, my friend from the US had someone die of a heart attack while packing. They had someone else in the station within a few hours.
@HellORhighwaters
@HellORhighwaters Ай бұрын
A 68 year old working in Amazon warehouse is just too much for the body I think.
@JeffGamez-pd9vh
@JeffGamez-pd9vh Ай бұрын
Stand strong and unionise. This is British.
@bearwynn
@bearwynn Ай бұрын
true British culture is to stand in solidarity with your fellow workers ✊
@rossspenser8314
@rossspenser8314 Ай бұрын
No don't stop making trouble for the British peoples
@moneymanifestation9505
@moneymanifestation9505 Ай бұрын
😂😂funny they look like foreigners to me😂you know the ones you don't want in your country 😂
@rafd3593
@rafd3593 Ай бұрын
Amazon America is unionised and conditions have improved. Vote for the unionisation of Amazon UK.
@systematicrisk
@systematicrisk Ай бұрын
This is factually incorrect. One American Amazon site has unionized, JFK8. The company has refused to recognize the union.
@HellORhighwaters
@HellORhighwaters Ай бұрын
It’s because of this poor wages that makes this few people so damn rich!
@berniethekiwidragon4382
@berniethekiwidragon4382 Ай бұрын
5:15 Can't take sick leave again for six months? She has a heart condition, FFS! It happens whenever it happens!
@Takh1
@Takh1 Ай бұрын
I worked as an Amazon driver for almost a year it's the same story, I had to deliver almost 400+ parcels a day 6 days a week and was financially penalised if I was falling behind or couldn't complete a route. My DSP even tried to make me do illegal things just so they could make their delivery rate. I'm now part of a collective claim against my former DSP and Amazon. Warehouse workers are well within their rights to do what is necessary to stop this company from taking liberties.
@muratbingol8248
@muratbingol8248 Ай бұрын
Hi mate, what was the reason your claim against your dsp ? i am a driver as wellZ just wondering. 😅
@Heisenberg2K
@Heisenberg2K Ай бұрын
Was DSP one motion?
@Takh1
@Takh1 Ай бұрын
@@muratbingol8248 they took an alarming number of dedications from me and tried to get me to do Down right illegal things and when I pressed them on these questionable deductions. They were hesitant at first but I kept pushing anthem finally got an answer they said it was for “office admin costs”! Which they shouldn’t be charging me for also I keep a record on the numbers of days and routes that I do and they didn’t pay me for quite a lot of them straight up crooks.
@Takh1
@Takh1 Ай бұрын
@@Heisenberg2K no I worked at one based outside London they are all the same
@swaggerjagg22
@swaggerjagg22 Ай бұрын
✊️unionise!
@lazylad8544
@lazylad8544 Ай бұрын
Keep up the pressure. We need unions in every amazon depot. Power to the people. Watch the great amazon heist.
@AbigailBrown-wk7xl
@AbigailBrown-wk7xl Ай бұрын
The Billionaire boss is drinking champagne on board a yatch while workers are working like robots and having heart attacks. Enough is enough
@xelthiavice4276
@xelthiavice4276 Ай бұрын
"Enough is enough" ohhohhoho scarey
@Heisenberg2K
@Heisenberg2K Ай бұрын
Nobody asked you to work
@Ianjdgale
@Ianjdgale Ай бұрын
They can always start their own company
@Dmanz67
@Dmanz67 Ай бұрын
I did it at Christmas once. It is a nightmare.
@deano_bites
@deano_bites Ай бұрын
When the first amazon in the UK was opened it was a Blast and working was good but after a while things changed but once union starts with Amazon i bet the warehouses will start to vanish because super rich greedy want you to work all the time in terrible conditions
@martinwyke
@martinwyke Ай бұрын
All to fund his competition with other billionaires to have the longest super-yacht.
@KS777-h1w
@KS777-h1w Ай бұрын
we have global companies, but we dont have global rights for workers....
@purplerings1969
@purplerings1969 Ай бұрын
Vote for unions, the company in this case Amazon would never look after you. Unions will.
@shan6938
@shan6938 Ай бұрын
Solidarity ✊
@kevinwilliams1768
@kevinwilliams1768 Ай бұрын
pay them Amazon
@TmanNoOther
@TmanNoOther Ай бұрын
Maybe time to boycott Amazon, think twice before you order
@namewithheldforprivacy7107
@namewithheldforprivacy7107 Ай бұрын
Couldn’t careless lol
@user-fe1gb9uc1t
@user-fe1gb9uc1t Ай бұрын
Aamzon will just hire double the amount of staff that are there already, pay them a bit more and have the vote quashed
@Longlostpuss
@Longlostpuss Ай бұрын
Doubling the staff would dilute everyone's wages down, not the other way around.........
@baron5747
@baron5747 Ай бұрын
Amazon unfortunately is not a company that will budge, not especially with what they consider to be their 'grunt' workers. They will simply overload with agency staff, and oust the current warehouse operatives. They are too big, and profitable to care.
@silondon9010
@silondon9010 Ай бұрын
Royal Mail is joining the race to the bottom unfortunately 😢
@reddestrook3109
@reddestrook3109 29 күн бұрын
They see the likes of Amazon and DPD and think they should be doing the same... that's the issue.
@julianshepherd2038
@julianshepherd2038 Ай бұрын
Excellent
@sierra5360
@sierra5360 Ай бұрын
FFS it’s you don’t need a PHD to know that unionising will help to improve working conditions
@David-bi6lf
@David-bi6lf Ай бұрын
However even intelligent people can be susceptible to lies and propaganda. That is what Amazon pushes in its anti union busting and so many people believe it.
@ericaceous1652
@ericaceous1652 Ай бұрын
Hope it goes well ✊ solidarity
@jamesgrainger46
@jamesgrainger46 Ай бұрын
Solidarity
@houseoffry3204
@houseoffry3204 Ай бұрын
BOYCOTT AMAZON. IF YOU BUY FROM AMAZON THEN YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE WEAR HOUSE WORKERS MYSERY
@cheryl5994
@cheryl5994 Ай бұрын
I LOVE AMAZON & I PAY EXTRA FOR PRIME, BUT DO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO PURCHASE FROM THERE AT THE COST OF THE HEALTH & WELFARE OF OTHERS, I DON’T KNOW. BECAUSE, ONE HAND THEY NEED THE SALES TO FULFIL THEIR ROLES YET IT’S DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR WELLBEING , IT’S A VICIOUS CIRCLE & A WORRYING ONE. I HOPE THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED TOM’W.
@solent7430
@solent7430 Ай бұрын
That’s the problem, so was I. It takes courage to close the Amazon account and delete the app. It can be done though
@obanjespirit2895
@obanjespirit2895 Ай бұрын
why are you all caps?
@Valentino92dd
@Valentino92dd Ай бұрын
This is so true, this is the only warehouse there is no union. You are literally helpless and managers do as they please with workers. You cannot talk back if you do you get moved.
@EppingForest304
@EppingForest304 Ай бұрын
I hope Amazon moved the 68 year-old off manual warehouse labour!
@michaeldunham3385
@michaeldunham3385 Ай бұрын
Doubtful
@ayadealjanabi1544
@ayadealjanabi1544 Ай бұрын
As someone who recently left this company, I would say that the pay and conditions are awful. Never have I felt exploited as much as the time I spent there.
@johnverrios3944
@johnverrios3944 Ай бұрын
Rich people are greedy; they want more money, never happy with what they have got. The workers worked for that profit but it gets divided by the shareholders.
@SkandalouzStyle
@SkandalouzStyle Ай бұрын
I always used to think Amazon workers with a New Slaves until I met the deliveroo crew... 💯
@KazeHorse
@KazeHorse Ай бұрын
Unionise. The bonuses are minimal. The hour flexibility is false - good luck requesting certain days off rota. Pay rates are fixed anyway. Share options require 3 years of work to make them worthwhile, where most employees are pushed out after 2. All of the incentives amazon gives for not unionising are empty promises.
@yc9129
@yc9129 Ай бұрын
This isn't a union issue this is a government issue. Come on labour put minimum wage up to £15 per hour and tax big companies properly
@gfn-er8pw
@gfn-er8pw Ай бұрын
Small businesses couldn't afford £15 an hour. Many businesses would go bust.
@David-bi6lf
@David-bi6lf Ай бұрын
​@@gfn-er8pwso be it unfortunate. If a business cannot pay its workers a livable wage without being loss making then it should not exist. It is a failed business model.
@krishkrish8213
@krishkrish8213 Ай бұрын
​@David-bi6lf you would kill business in this country for no reason. What an idiot
@user-jz4iz9jt3o
@user-jz4iz9jt3o Ай бұрын
Its an issue that requires union and government intervention.
@annaclarke7643
@annaclarke7643 Ай бұрын
These modern day robber barons are disgusting and depraved. Governments sign away any decent work practices for jobs at any price.
@kuraishourai
@kuraishourai Ай бұрын
I would never work for this slave trade. Too much stress, I prefer to work at a bank from home and get paid more as such poor beings.
@jablot5054
@jablot5054 Ай бұрын
Our government criticise other countries poor working conditions and modern slavery but allows it to happen here.
@phalanx9005
@phalanx9005 Ай бұрын
Workers need more rights that guarantee access to unions, massive fines have to be at stake for companies that refuse...
@berniethekiwidragon4382
@berniethekiwidragon4382 Ай бұрын
Thank you for reporting. I had wrongly assumed UK laws offered better protection for workere than the US. To know they haven't yet got a union is a revelation.
@DavidFinlay-ke2gk
@DavidFinlay-ke2gk Ай бұрын
She's 68? And still working?
@Midland_Wolf_71
@Midland_Wolf_71 Ай бұрын
Have you been to the UK in recent years? It’s practically feudal….
@50_Pence
@50_Pence Ай бұрын
My mums almost 80 and still works. Voted tory too.
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers Ай бұрын
​@@50_Pencemy condolences
@jablot5054
@jablot5054 Ай бұрын
When your pension is only £800 a month and your rent is £900 for a two bed flat what choice do you have? This is the reality in Britain. Why politicians keep selling it as the best country in the world I don't know?
@krishkrish8213
@krishkrish8213 Ай бұрын
​@@jablot5054If she invested her money in a stocks and shares isa and in the s and p 500 by 68 she would be able to retire and live off her investments.
@pjonlopes
@pjonlopes Ай бұрын
I don't really get this, lots of people unhappy with cost of living bills etc. Some others have a job and unhappy.... Maybe the way is work 16 hrs p/w and claim benefit just do what the majority is doing And suffer together
@brookrichardson1373
@brookrichardson1373 26 күн бұрын
I have visited Amazon warehouses before. You will only find young and fit workers. Anyone who can't keep up with the front of the pack gets pushed out.
@berniethekiwidragon4382
@berniethekiwidragon4382 Ай бұрын
3:15 These are the same underhanded union-busting tactics they employed in the US to dissuade workers from unionising. How is any of this legal?
@Ramos18
@Ramos18 29 күн бұрын
this is absolutely disgusting. I am done with Amazon.
@Cherrytune386
@Cherrytune386 Ай бұрын
Well done them workers! Amazon needs to become a better employer!!!!
@Apheleion
@Apheleion Ай бұрын
Stay strong and wishing the best for you to unionize
@danksheev66
@danksheev66 Ай бұрын
Unionise!
@nevertoolate5325
@nevertoolate5325 27 күн бұрын
Havent used Amazon for nearly 10 years and won't ever.
@simonname7530
@simonname7530 Ай бұрын
They will likely automate the warehouses like Ocado did
@alikonya2973
@alikonya2973 Ай бұрын
I been working for uber eats and we don’t get paid minimum wega £11.44 like today I been out since 6pm all I made is £26 😂😂 if government wants tax they need to do something about this !!! Tell the Uber and Deliveroo just eat minimum of pay is £11.44 not less than that !! Let’s see new government gonna listen to us !!!
@Skygrey2943
@Skygrey2943 Ай бұрын
I hope they do because you guys have a hard public facing job and deserve at least the minimum wage.
@cheryl5994
@cheryl5994 Ай бұрын
IS THAT MINIMUM WAGE £11.44 ?
@Steve-kj5zt
@Steve-kj5zt Ай бұрын
Hello Amazon, we are in the UK, not the US.
@golonawailus4312
@golonawailus4312 Ай бұрын
Good for them, workers solidarity
@nottodaymate6607
@nottodaymate6607 Ай бұрын
It's sad that Amazon drivers can't unionise as they are self employed. That's where slave labor is in Amazon. Doing 190 stops per day, around 240-290 locations. I'm lucky to be done with it but worst experience of my life. Running 9 hours/10 hours with no breaks and if by some chance you finish early (like no reattempts at this day or less traffic) they will just add more to your route next time. Started job with 230lbs of weight, after less than a year I was 180. Avoid at all cost
@Cashisking464
@Cashisking464 Ай бұрын
Royal Mail in 2024 is copying Amazon's Model but unfortunately with the unions help , very bad place to work with unachievable workloads
@bennyboy2079
@bennyboy2079 Ай бұрын
I cant believe they voted against the gmb .....you just cant help some people
@jsmoothie7001
@jsmoothie7001 Ай бұрын
That’s the reason why I don’t want to join the Amazon place 💀
@arek3666
@arek3666 Ай бұрын
Isn't it anyone's choice to work there? Maybe it's true that Amazon needs to change the workers rights and pay but you do read the contract before, you must have a trial shift as well. There are plenty of job vacancies these days due to Brexit and I believe you can easily find something else to do.
@cpt.blackburger4105
@cpt.blackburger4105 29 күн бұрын
Same as Amazon EMA1, would be good to look into them as well and most of Amazons
@Matt-vo1ge
@Matt-vo1ge 29 күн бұрын
And they voted against unionisation...
@brianharley6452
@brianharley6452 Ай бұрын
Amazon tell the press one thing and do another. We have a 4 day working week till they call compulsory overtime 😂
@Matrix-tz5yc
@Matrix-tz5yc Ай бұрын
is it true that rich business people are so tight
@peterah7957
@peterah7957 Ай бұрын
I had a similar experience with a couple of logistic companies then I had enough and found employment elsewhere.
@canadianpsychologist
@canadianpsychologist Ай бұрын
Cathy Newman of Channel 4 News exhibited very poor listening in her interview on Jan 16, 2018 and set a bad example for children. Cathy Newman tried to paint her interviewee as biased but she failed and stumbled on her own (lack of) logic. Ha, gotcha!
@123pangolin
@123pangolin 27 күн бұрын
Good luck. A trade union is a right.
@Striker885
@Striker885 Ай бұрын
All workers should be represented by unions. Companies can never be trusted enough to govern themselves
@julianshepherd2038
@julianshepherd2038 Ай бұрын
@M_Bamboozled
@M_Bamboozled Ай бұрын
Go Cov, stand up for your rights. You know there are millions out here rooting for you ✊ Solidarity, don't let them divide you ✊
@SKIBOOSH1
@SKIBOOSH1 Ай бұрын
Amazon disliking the video.
@UK_Sgt_7094
@UK_Sgt_7094 Ай бұрын
i would imagine that Amazon will just bring in more workers like last time to make sure the overall number of votes is not enough to unionise
@gerrylast
@gerrylast Ай бұрын
If only Amazon could pick up and deliver the parcel that sat 4 days outside my house when I told them it was not addressed to me and just deliver it to the correct address. I o
@Heisenberg2K
@Heisenberg2K Ай бұрын
Amazon Pays 20-22 USD per hour in USA. But 12.3£ in UK
@RankinMsP
@RankinMsP 27 күн бұрын
Brilliant. Well done.
@michaelsreviews
@michaelsreviews 28 күн бұрын
Great. Power to the people. 💪
@BlueEarthAngel-Cc1011
@BlueEarthAngel-Cc1011 Ай бұрын
The one thing I don’t like about Amazon is that there’s always something missing from the parcel, like screws
@katielouisemcgeary6838
@katielouisemcgeary6838 29 күн бұрын
And you better get some reps then. Because it's a hard job to do and you don't get paid. It takes over your home life and work life. They won't do anything for you till you've paid into it for three months and you need to understand your money is going straight to a political groups pocket. The NHS will already have it lawyers working on insuring staff never get on over them by producing more if their own policy and procedures to contract any new law. 3000 new policies. An NHS rep suffer the worst legislation to go against and don't forget you employer think your against them to as their ignorant of what a rep does. You have to be a councilor on top people bring their emotions with them. So remember your rep get nothing in pay to represent you even at a level five qualification.
@marklawrence3642
@marklawrence3642 Ай бұрын
i'll give it to gmb union. they often were outside the amazon warehouse i used to work at in rugby at 6:30am after night shift finished. joined them. Amazon sucks, but consumers love cheap chinese knockoffs
@rossspenser8314
@rossspenser8314 Ай бұрын
Well they have there pales in power now .Labour
@50_Pence
@50_Pence Ай бұрын
Don't use them. Buy mum and pop
@unusedsub3003
@unusedsub3003 Ай бұрын
What’s mum and pop?
@50_Pence
@50_Pence Ай бұрын
@@unusedsub3003 independent online stores
@kaesmith2893
@kaesmith2893 Ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤
@ptseti
@ptseti Ай бұрын
WOW.....No surprize...
@user-qz1eq2rc1h
@user-qz1eq2rc1h 28 күн бұрын
日本人が五人も亡くなっている企業では私は購入したくありません。
@Irishesbox11
@Irishesbox11 Ай бұрын
She needs to sue
@lyudmilakutsenko7045
@lyudmilakutsenko7045 Ай бұрын
Overplayed actually, to wear amazon uniform from home, I mean that woman, I think she has money for clothes.
@RickyRicardooo
@RickyRicardooo Ай бұрын
Yuno what’s funny? When you’re training they literally say “we’re not against unions but we just recommend you don’t do it”🤣🤣
@Giovanniditessitore
@Giovanniditessitore Ай бұрын
Here's the thing how can ANY organisation legally record videos promoting a false working culture? Seems like a trade descriptions act issue?
@khanoutlook8213
@khanoutlook8213 16 күн бұрын
How to apply for the job
@ZDProds-c8p
@ZDProds-c8p Ай бұрын
billionaires worked for their money, he actually got off his backside and built a company from nowt. Anyone in his position wouldn't care about the small folk
@avivstoica
@avivstoica Ай бұрын
😢
@thepm3972
@thepm3972 Ай бұрын
No unions no way things get better. VOTE YES TO GMB REPRESENTATION
@sharkeyist
@sharkeyist Ай бұрын
Or just find another job?
@gw7514
@gw7514 Ай бұрын
Unions will work for them!
@mobiusinversion
@mobiusinversion Ай бұрын
They really need a union to protect them
@TwoSpiritPenguin
@TwoSpiritPenguin Ай бұрын
You could have at least made it less obvious the Filipina was reading off a script.
@chrischarlescook
@chrischarlescook Ай бұрын
Possibly the worst camera work in any news report, ever.
@gailplatt1
@gailplatt1 Ай бұрын
I could find 12 quid a hour on the floor outside
@mahamedahmed2718
@mahamedahmed2718 Ай бұрын
Amazon warehouse is a joke
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