Amazon workers staged their first-ever strike in the U.K. Wednesday at the tech giant’s warehouse in Coventry, central England.
Workers are planning to hold a larger scale demonstration from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. London time.
A spokesperson for the tech giant told CNBC in a statement that the staff involved represent"only a fraction of 1% of our UK employees." The spokesperson said that pay for Amazon's U.K. warehouse workers has increased 29% since 2018, and pointed to a £500 one-time payment made out to staff to help with the cost-of-living crisis.
Inflation has soared due to increased energy costs and supply chain disruptions stemming from the war in Ukraine. Consumer prices rose 10.5% year-over-year in December; in response, the Bank of England has hiked interest rates to tame rising costs.
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