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GMB launches legal action against 'out of control' Amazon at Coventry warehouse

Employment tribunal sought over claims firm tried to induce workers to leave union in long-running row

The GMB is taking legal action against Amazon in the long-running battle for recognition at its Coventry warehouse, accusing the US firm of trying to “induce” staff to leave the union. Rosa Curling, a director of Foxglove Legal, which is involved in the case, said workers had been “hustled into anti-union propaganda seminars, then have a QR code shoved in their face that terminates their membership with just one click to quit. On Black Friday in November, they were joined on the picket line by members of unions representing Amazon workers in continental Europe and the US.

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