Amazon warehouse cleaners deserve fair pay
摘要
日期: 2023年5月9日
地点: 英国
企业
Phosters - Employer , Amazon.com - Site受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 美洲 , 清洁与保养 , Gender not reported )议题
Poverty Wages , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Occupational Health & Safety回应
Response sought: 否
后续行动: The workers demanded a 25% increase in their pay in line with the London Living Wage, fairer distribution of hours and workloads, and dignity and respect at work.
信息来源: News outlet
Latin American workers that clean the warehouses of billionaire global giant Amazon in Dartford say no to poverty pay.
The cleaners, UVW members, are paid less than warehouse operatives and not a penny more than the absolute minimum legal wage of previously £9.50 and recently as of 1st April 2023 £10.42 per hour. This is despite working overnight at greater risk to their health and to the detriment of their family lives whilst living in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
That’s why the Amazon warehouse cleaners are demanding 25% increase in their pay, which brings them up to the recommended minimum yet modest London Living wage (LLW). Other demands include a fairer distribution of hours and workloads as well as dignity and respect at work.
In May, the brave workers forced their employer to negotiate a voluntary recognition deal with their union, UVW. The migrant workers will be the first cleaners on any Amazon site to win union recognition in the UK!
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