Exclusive: Amazon strikes could spread as workers reach out to more depots

Amazon warehouse worker

The number of Amazon workers on strike has topped 500 at its Coventry depot and the GMB union said it expects this to grow as strikers reach out to workers at other warehouses across the UK.

A GMB spokesperson told Retail Week some members are using their own time to speak to workers coming out of other depots during the five-day period of strikes.

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