Amazon plans to raise pay for its operations workers in the UK and hire an additional 15,000 staff before the holiday season. The pay increase, effective from October 15th, will raise the base wage for frontline operations workers to between £11.80 and £12.50 per hour, and by April 2024, pay will further increase to between £12.30 and £13 per hour. The move represents a £170 million investment in pay from Amazon. However, the GMB Union claims the pay rise brings little comfort for workers facing poor pay, unsafe working conditions, and workplace surveillance.