Amazon staff at UK warehouse 'ready to strike' over pay, says union


FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen on the company's logistics centre in Boves, near Amiens, France, April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon staff at a warehouse in Coventry in central England are willing to strike over pay, a union said on Friday, in the latest labour dispute involving the U.S. e-commerce giant's British workers.

More than 300 workers voted in a consultative ballot - where 97% said they were ready to strike - ahead of a possible formal vote on whether to carry out a strike, the GMB union said.

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