Hundreds of Amazon workers have gone on strike for the first time in the UK in a dispute over wages at the company's warehouse in Coventry.<br /><br />Around 300 employees of the online giant walked out demanding a pay rise in action which was organised by the GMB union.<br /><br />Workers standing on the picket line said they were struggling to support themselves during the cost of living crisis on their current wages.<br /><br />They were given a 5 per cent pay rise, which the union say is worth just 50p an hour, prompting the industrial action outside the firm's fulfilment centre today (Wed).<br /><br />Nazeret Zemuy works as a receiver, sorting parcels coming in to the warehouse, and is currently on £10.50 an hour following a 50p pay rise last August.<br /><br />The 23-year-old, from Birmingham, who works 40 hours a week, said: “We need to be paid more than what we are currently on. I am struggling to support myself.
