there is an interesting distinction here though. these workers don t officially have a union so have organised the protests themselves. why? well, they re being offered a pay rise of between 35p and 50p an hour, about three to 5%. and that would take wages to betweeen £10.50 and £11.45 an hour. that s a pound or more above the highest living wage. but some staff say that s not enough. more than 1000 employees across different sites took action last week, walking out or sitting in, or working more slowly. to put it in context that s 1,000 out of 70,000 staff. what they want is a £2 per hour pay rise, which they say better reflects rising costs. and they want that deal by tomorrow. amazon s revenues topped £23 billion last year, they told us staff pay is competitive, and that employees are offered
a benefits package worth thousands of pounds. you might be wondering what it means for you and whether those deliveries you rely on will be affected. they might be if further action is taken. and it doesn t look like they re set to back down. we spoke to one worker who wanted to remain anonymous, who said the offer was disgusting and laughable. and they are now being backed by a union, which says they re entitled to a better deal. amazon shouldn t be looking to penalise workers, they should be looking at the message and seeing that these workers are desperate. this isn t the act of some militant people, this is in desperation workers that cannot afford to live on the measly pay increase that they are being offered. they cannot afford to live on what they are on currently and this just doesn t make a difference at all. this raises all sorts of issues. how easy is it for workers who aren t officially unionised to mobilise against their employer? what does that mean for businesses,
and for services we rely on? i think more widely, we know that after the pandemic some workers from the public sector decided to move to businesses like amazon because the pay was slightly higher, now they are saying that isn t enough so workers across the board saying it is not keeping up with inflation and they had enough. they had enough. thank you very much. they had enough. thank you very much- more they had enough. thank you very much. more on they had enough. thank you very much. more on that they had enough. thank you very much. more on that throughout i they had enough. thank you very i much. more on that throughout the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london with me, alison earle. an investigation is under way into what caused an explosion at a house in south london, killing a four year old girl. three other people were taken to hospital after the incident yesterday on galpin s road in thornton heath. some res
seeing her there after she was meant to go in these hospitals to be able to come back out and hopefully lead a normal life, we shouldn t be going there and seeing my daughter laid on a hospital bed. adam eley, bbc news. if you ve been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find help and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. amazon staff are threatening further strike action after a string of walk outs over pay. nina s here to explain what s going on. it s becoming an increasingly familiar message. workers saying their pay isn t meeting inflation and they want to do something about it. we ve had action from rail and airline workers. the latest? amazon workers in essex, bristol, kent and coventry.