Having traditionally been opposed to union representation among its employees, US e-commerce giant Amazon may be forced to negotiate with the GMB union in the UK, following a decision by the Central Arbitration Committee, the country's employment law watchdog.
A “David versus Goliath” victory: this is how the representative of the UK’s GMB union welcomed the decision of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) on 18 April. The CAC, which supervises the application of labour law in the UK, authorised the union to organise a ballot of employees at Amazon’s Coventry site in central western England, in order to test its representativeness.
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Emeline Vin
Freelance