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Labour must ban public contracts to union-busting companies like Amazon, GMB conference says
Members of the GMB union on the picket line outside the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry, November 7, 2023

LABOUR must outlaw public contracts to companies that fail to recognise unions, GMB annual conference moved today.

Sir Keir Starmer was urged to make good on his words and ban public funds being given to any part of retail giant Amazon.

The anti-union firm’s web services arm secured £894 million from three government cloud-based contracts in December.

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