Amazon warehouse workers
Amazon warehouse workers in Coventry, UK, are striking over pay.
  • An Amazon warehouse worker told the BBC the company's robots are treated better than human staff.
  • More than 300 workers at a UK Amazon warehouse took part in a strike Wednesday, the GMB union said.
  • A spokesperson for Amazon said a "tiny proportion" of its workforce was involved in the strike.

A striking Amazon warehouse worker has said the company treats its robots better than its human staff.

"I wish we were treated like robots because the robots are treated better than us," Darren Westwood, who works at an Amazon warehouse in Coventry, UK, told BBC Breakfast in an interview that aired Wednesday.