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'Walk-outs in protest of a 'pathetic' 35p-per-hour pay rise have now spread to four Amazon warehouses, with workers saying that the impromptu action has already affected customer shipments.<br>Protests took place yesterday in Tilbury, Essex; Coventry; Bristol; and Rugeley, Staffordshire, Regional Organiser Steve Garelick told MailOnline.<br>Videos and photos shared on social media show warehouse workers sitting in the canteen and refusing to work after being offered a pay rise branded 'pathetic' by the union GMB.<br>A worker from the Rugeley site told that the walk-out had 'affected a lot of customer shipments'.<br>It comes as the cost-of-living crisis and soaring inflation has sparked a summer of strikes which look set to continue into the autumn, as Brits struggle to keep up with the rising cost of food and other essential items - while interest rates were also bumped up to a new high of 1.75% yesterday. <br>Unite, the UK's leading union, has [https://www.bbcworldnewstoday.com/ BBC World News Today] renewed calls for union protection 'so Amazon [https://www.wordreference.com/definition/workers workers] can secure the pay rise they [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search?query=deserve%27 deserve']. <br>GMB said workers were 'seeking a £2 per hour pay rise to better match the demands of the role and cope with the cost-of-living crisis'.<br> Walk-outs which started at the Amazon warehouse in Tilbury have now spread to three other sites.<br><br>Pictured: The BRS1 warehouse in Bristol last night<br> Workers have been sitting in the canteen and refusing to work in protest to a 'pathetic' 35p-per-hour pay rise. Pictured: [https://www.academia.edu/people/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Workers%20holding Workers holding] a sit-in at the BHX4 warehouse in Coventry<br>Amazon, which is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has faced criticism from workers in several countries over its low pay and allegedly poor working conditions in some factories and [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/search?source=nav-desktop&q=warehouses warehouses].<br>The U.S.<br><br>tech and retail giant, whose UK sales topped £23 billion last year, first sparked fury at the Tilbury plant when it said the starting hourly rate would increase from £11.10 to £11.45 in an email to staff.<br>Mr Garelick, who was at the canteen sit-in in Tilbury last night, told MailOnline: ‘The walk-outs have snowballed because people had had enough.'