Workers on Amazon sites across the dozens of countries in The world Including in The United States, Germany and France were urged to strike on Black Friday, targeting online retailer on one of The busiest shopping day of The year with calls for improving wages.
The global strike for one of The biggest shopping days of The year It was called for by campaign Make Amazon Pay, and it’s promoted on Twitter under the same hashtag.
Make Amazon Pay initiative, which made The call for strikes, he said the strike was planned in more from 30 countries.
German Verdi union He said work Stops are planned at 10 fulfillment centers in that country. The French unions SUD and CGT contacted for strike in Eight country warehouses.
It demanded that the company recognize collective bargaining agreements for Retail and mail order trade Strip called for Another collective agreement on good working conditions.
As a business owner, Amazon delivers great Payment and interest f development Opportunities – all in Attractive and safe work environmentspeaking for Amazon in Germany said in a permit.
Among other things, the speaker mentioned the wage increase for Amazon logistics staff in germany from september, with The starting wage is now €13 ($13.52) per hour or moreIncluding bonus payments.
Friday morning, the company said the vast majority of its employees in Germany was business as usual, with The strike is limited to nine of 20 German fulfillment centers.
speaking for Amazon France said it wasn’t there sign of Operations are down so far, though, with the French CGT union Members were filmed posing in In front of me of Amazon logistics center near Paris, as part of a global day of Procedures against Amazon.
speaking for Amazon in France said it all warehouse Employees who earn less than 3,100 euros per month will receive a one-time bonus of 500 euros, on higher of End 150 Euro-of-year bonus agreed with The union.
“This is the first The time when Amazon had a period international “The day of the strike,” said Monica De Silvestre, Verdi’s representative. for Amazon workers.
“This is very important, because he is a pioneer global a company like Amazon cannot be confronted locally, regionally or nationally alone. added.
Similar strikes, however, took place last year on Black Friday across the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and the Netherlands when the scores of Protesters from the environmental movement, better known as XR, shut down the company’s largest UK warehouse in Dunfermline in Scotland.
hundreds of Amazon employees in UK General Trading Syndicate (GMB) also It stopped working shortly in August this year in Protest of Insufficient hourly wage rise.
