Amazon faces legal challenge after union vote
A total of 49.5% of the 2,600 workers who voted backed union recognition at the Midlands site in July last year, falling short by just 28 votes.
Amazon is set to face a legal challenge at London Central Employment Tribunal after a union recognition vote at its Coventry warehouse narrowly missed the mark.
A total of 49.5% of the 2,600 workers who voted backed union recognition at the Midlands site in July last year, falling short by just 28 votes.
The vote followed several weeks where workers were given anti-union messages and attended a number of company-run seminars.
The tribunal will consider an inducement claim brought forward by the GMB union, which argues that Amazon broke employment law during the campaign.
Amanda Gearing, senior organiser at GMB, said: “GMB members at Amazon Coventry were a handful of votes away from winning historic union recognition.
“But they were up against a multi-billion-pound business who used all the dirty tricks they could to stop these workers having a voice.
“We believe it was not a fair fight and Amazon broke employment law.
“Today is the first step in the fight for justice for low paid Amazon workers.”
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