On the afternoon of Oct. 3, a fire occurred at the sorting center at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y. The blaze started when a cardboard-box compactor at a loading dock ignited just before a scheduled shift changeover.
Workers in Coventry are voting over formal strike action at an Amazon warehouse for the first time, but the retailing giant has been accused of trying to undermine union activity. Polly Smythe reports.
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A planned indefinite strike by Arriva drivers in north and east London, due to start on 4 October, was called off after the employer shifted to offer 11 percent pay rise. The strike was called off prior to the referendum on the deal. Although that referendum produced a clear overall majority in favour of accepting the offer, some individual garages returned huge majorities for rejecting. Workers at one of these garages, Palmers Green, held a work stoppage on the morning of 5 October over work safeguards.