HUNDREDS of Amazon workers in Coventry were set to stage a mass rally last night as their historic strike over a “derisory” pay offer of just 50p an hour continued. 

More than 500 staff were due to gather outside the multinational’s warehouse in the West Midlands after the Morning Star went to press as a week-long walkout — part of the first-ever Amazon strike in Britain — reached its half-way point.

The rally, which organisers said would feature music, big screens and speakers including GMB general secretary Gary Smith, came after staff launched industrial action in January following a massively below-inflation wage offer last year.