A number of 560 workers from the center Amazons in an English town Coventry They will go on strike for six more days in April, after starring in the first and historic strike of employees of American multinationals in the United Kingdom in January.

Unity GMB have announced this Friday that they also plan to organize a vote on future force measures five other Amazonian plants in Englandwhich could prolong the feud against the e-commerce giant.

Worker they demand payment of 15 pounds per hour, an increase of 43% from the £10.50 they are currently charging. However Amazon only offers 5% increments, 50p more per hour. The legal minimum wage is £10.42 per hour for workers over 23 years of age. It is Amazon workers are currently paid just above the poverty wage.

They also demanded repairs rough working conditions: reproach 60 hour weekly shifts for minimum wagetasks that exceed physical capacity leg and back pain And lack of toiletsamong others.

That hit announced today in Coventry – which has a workforce of between 1,200 and 2,000 people, depending on whether they are union or employer sourced – will take place on April 16, 17 and 18 and 21, 22 and 23which will also add to the weeklong strike they are holding this March.

Amazonsknown as union destruction And? there is no collective agreement in Englandpreviously stated that “proud to offer a competitive salary with a minimum between 10.50 and 11.45 pounds (13 euros) per hour depending on location.

Amazon’s announcement seemed like a joke given the dramatic circumstances that followed record inflation which drastically reduces purchasing power and the consumption of workers in Great Britain, have forced them in many cases to do so choose between eating or heating during the winter that just ended. This is the main cause of strike wave which has been going on since the last months of last year and it covers various sectors such as education, health, postal workers, oil workers, ambulance drivers and public transport.

Food inflation in some cases exceeded 20% while the government and companies only offer a 5% wage increase, but some sectors have succeeded in trapping employerssuch is the case with bus drivers or London health workers who have seen significant gains after weeks of strikes and pickets.