Following the news that Amazon warehouse workers in Coventry will soon get to vote on Trade Union recognition, Foxglove is supporting five workers at

Legal challenge to Amazon UK’s new “one-click to quit the union” tool

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2024-05-04 12:00:03

Following the news that Amazon warehouse workers in Coventry will soon get to vote on Trade Union recognition, Foxglove is supporting five workers at the Amazon UK Coventry warehouse to launch a legal challenge of Amazon’s latest union-busting tactic.

Amazon has launched a new “one-click to quit the union” tool, and they’re relentlessly pushing it to every worker in their Coventry warehouse. The QR code for the tool is displayed on each table in the canteen, in every meeting and training room, in every hallway, and every toilet, as well as shown every five minutes of the working day in screens at the centre of the warehouse.

If a worker scans the QR code and clicks the link, Amazon’s software automatically generates a letter from the worker and then emails it to the trade union, ending their membership.

Under trade union law, an employer cannot make an offer to an employee for the sole or main purpose of inducing workers not to be members of an independent trade union, take part in its activities, or make use of its services. We think building this new tool – which makes cancelling union membership much, much, easier than cancelling Amazon Prime – is a breach of this law.