Wrong Tactics



I've used the Co-op's pick up service operated by Amazon and very good it is too - far better and easier than having to traipse along to Royal Mail sorting office which is miles away and operates to much more restricted opening times.

 So I think the GMB is choosing the wrong tactics in its efforts to improve pay amongst the Amazon workforce because trying to shut down part of its business can only harm Amazon while shooting the Co-op in the foot as well.  

Union calls for Co-op branches to oust Amazon lockers

GMB steps up campaign against online retailer's pay and conditions

By Sarah Butler - The Guardian

Amazon's fulfilment centre in Swansea. Photograph: Rex

The GMB union is calling on Co-operative members to help oust Amazon lockers from the mutual's grocery stores.

The union, which has pursued a long-running campaign over pay and conditions at the online retailer's British warehouses, said it had already raised the issue with the Co-op's chief executive Richard Pennycook and was now calling on members to throw out a "cuckoo in the ethical nest".

"GMB needs the support of Co-operative members to ensure that Amazon improves security of employment, treats workers fairly and pays them a wage they can live on in their distribution chain in the UK and elsewhere in the EU," the union said. It claims that the majority of Amazon staff earn £6.39 an hour, only just above the national minimum wage, with permanent staff starting on £7. Amazon was unavailable for comment.

Amazon is putting lockers in 160 Co-op stores where shoppers can choose to pick up goods ordered online, after teaming up with the mutual in 2012.

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