zoe conway, has that story. it s one of the biggest retailers in the world, one of the biggest private sector employers in the uk. hiya, there s a strike on today. i don t know if you saw it on the news. and it s now facing its first ever strike here. nicholas henderson is one of the gmb union s newest recruits. we are basically on the bread line. by the time you add in your rent, your mortgage, yourfood, your bills, you ve basically got nothing left. workers here at the coventry site were given a 50p pay rise in august, taking their minimum pay rate to £10.50 an hour. the union says it should be £15 an hour, arguing that the company s profits boomed during the pandemic and so, too, the bank account of billionaire founderjeff bezos. we don t want his boat or his rockets. we just want to be able to live. darren and garfield work at the coventry site and are leading today s action. we just want a decent wage.
part in this action. they re working for a multi million pound organisation that is raking in profits still and not willing to share those profits to ensure that those workers are able to live decent lives. they can t afford to heat their homes, they can t afford to pay their bills orfeed theirfamilies. it s got to the point where enough is enough and they re taking strike action. they re striking over pay. the company gave them a 50p pay rise in august, taking the minimum pay rate to £10.50 an hour. the union says the rate should be £15 an hour, arguing that the company s profits boomed during the pandemic as did the bank account of billionaire founderjeff bezos. we don t want his boats or his rockets. we just want to be able to live. darren and garfield work at the coventry site and are leading today s action. we just want a decent wage. we re on our feet for ten hours a day, we get told off if we get caught leaning or sitting. you get warnings.
hiya, there s a strike on today. i don t know if you saw it on the news. and it s now facing its first ever strike here. nicholas henderson is one of the gmb union s newest recruits. we are basically on the bread line. by the time you add in your rent, your mortgage, yourfood, your bills, you ve basically got nothing left. workers here at the coventry site were given a 50p pay rise in august, taking their minimum pay rate to £10.50 an hour. the union says it should be £15 an hour, arguing that the company s profits boomed during the pandemic and so, too, the bank account of billionaire founderjeff bezos. we don t want his boat or his rockets. we just want to be able to live. darren and garfield work at the coventry site and are leading today s action. we just want a decent wage. we re on our feet for ten hours a day. we get told off if we re caught leaning or sitting. the coventry site is similar to this
during the pandemic, along with the wealth of amazon founderjeff bezos. a reminder that amazon last year announced it would cut 18,000 jobs globally. three uk warehouses are to be closed, putting 1,200 roles at risk. some amazon workers say robots at the warehouse are treated better than they are. here s one, who s been on strike today. we just want a decent wage. we re on our feet for ten hours a day, we get told off if we re caught leaning or setting for the you get warnings. as soon as you come in the building you attract. you then go out to your station where as soon as you logon they know exactly where you are in building. they know how often your scanning. if you haven t scanned within a certain time they will come and speak to you. rachel fagan is the gmb union s regional organiser for the midlands. these amazon workers have gone above and beyond for their company.
which is pretty impressive. and it means that this guy is now the richest person in the world. this is bernard arnault. he is a french businessman and he is luxury brand owner of louis vuitton and sephora and he is now worth $165 billion. moving on to mark zuckerberg, whose fortune declined $45.6 billion. it means that he is now ranked in 25th place on the billionaires index. and if you cast your mind back to 2018, you ll remember that amazon founderjeff bezos was announced as the world s richest man. well, unfortunately, he s now ranked in sixth place. he s now worth $107 billion. they ve all taken a bit of a hammering, these tech entrepreneurs. what about russians? the oligarchs have taken a bit of a hit in terms of sanctions, haven t they? yes, that s right. russian oligarchs were faced with strict sanctions from western nations