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AMAZON’S biggest UK hub stands almost empty while workers try to block lorries from leaving as the firm’s pay row threatens to engulf the industry.
Few staff turned up at Tilbury, Essex, and some trucks were held up, a situation mirrored at Amazon’s base in Rugeley, Staffs.
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Employees are angry at the 35p-an-hour offer by the firm, owned by multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos.
A source said: “There’s fear in the industry that workers at other firms will follow suit and try stop deliveries.”
DHL staff in Scotland have voted to strike.
Amazon said minimum hourly pay for starters was rising to between £10.50 and £11.45.
One source said: “Many are not returning and those that have say the atmosphere is terrible. There’s real anger.
“People have had enough. Workers were stopping deliveries from leaving both at Tilbury and Rugeley.”
Yesterday The Sun told how Amazon workers had rose up against billionaire Jess Bezos in a serious of walkouts.
Hundreds of workers staged a walk-out at the company’s biggest distribution centre in Tilbury, Essex, and began a canteen sit-in on Wednesday and Thursday.
There were angry scenes as bosses tried to persuade them to get back to work and warned them they would not be paid for when they were on strike.
As news spread among Amazon staff, it sparked similar scenes at Rugeley Distribution Centre, near Lichfield, Staffs, and then at its Coventry site.
Unrest began on Wednesday afternoon when staff heard they were getting a rise of just 35p an hour despite the worsening cost of living crisis.
The GMB union said workers were seeking a £2-an-hour rise to better match the demands of their job and cope with the crisis.
The action is estimated to have affected the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Amazon parcels and will cause disruption for days.
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