Amazon union-busting exposed statutory union recognition as ‘not fit for purpose’, GMB conference hears
Amazon's union-busting exposes statutory union recognition as ‘not fit for purpose’
Members of the GMB union on the picket line outside the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry, November 7, 2023
AMAZON’s unprecedented union-busting has exposed the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) as “toothless” and “not fit for purpose,” the GMB conference was told today.
The retail giant flooded its warehouses with extra workers last year to prevent the union achieving the 50 per cent threshold for automatic recognition, delegates heard.
The committee was criticised for allowing Amazon months to address this abuse, instead of freezing the employee head count at the beginning of the union recognition process.
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