The commerce union Verdi has referred to as for employees at six Amazon websites in Germany to go on strike from Sunday night for 4 days within the newest try and attempt to power the US e-commerce group to recognise collective bargaining agreements.
Verdi mentioned the strikes at Amazon’s websites in Rheinberg, Werne, Koblenz, Leipzig, and at two areas in Bad Hersfeld signalled an “unofficial start” to wage talks for the retail and mail order trade, that are because of start within the subsequent few weeks.
“Amazon is making a mint in the coronavirus crisis. For this reason alone, wage evasion must be stopped there,” mentioned Verdi consultant Orhan Akman.
Verdi is demanding a pay improve of 4.5 p.c for employees within the retail and mail order trade.
“This must also be possible at Amazon this year,” Akman mentioned.
Amazon has confronted a long-running battle with unions in Germany over higher pay and situations for logistics employees, who’ve steadily staged strikes since 2013.
Germany is Amazon’s largest market after the United States.
Amazon says it provides glorious pay and advantages. It has mentioned throughout previous calls for strikes over 90 p.c of staff within the logistic centres labored as regular.
© Thomson Reuters 2021
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