Amazon has been awarded taxpayer-funded public sector contracts totaling more than £1 billion in the past year - despite facing a legal challenge over union busting.
GMB's motion makes clear that companies which recognise a trade union and properly allow unions to speak to their employees about recognition must be considered more favourably by public bodies when they weigh up who to award public contracts.
Gary Smith, GMB General Secretary, said, "The Government needs to be absolutely clear with Amazon - if they want to keep trousering hundreds of millions of taxpayer cash, they need to treat workers with respect."
Almost 1,500 GMB members have taken dozens of strike days at Amazon's Coventry warehouse in their fight for union recognition and £15 an hour pay.
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