Amazon UK could be forced to recognise union as GMB gets right to hold ballot

Watchdog rules that vote should be held at Coventry warehouse to test support for union recognition

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Amazon could be forced to recognise a trade union for the first time in the UK after members of the GMB at the internet retailer’s Coventry warehouse were granted permission to hold a legally binding ballot.

The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), the independent statutory body that adjudicates on collective bargaining rights, has ruled that a vote should be held at the site to test support for union recognition.