Berlin: Union Verdi meets employees of the online retail giant Amazon to move forward in germany strike In the fight for the better, at the annual “Black Friday” shopping event working conditions,
The industrial action began on Friday night, and affects five of Amazon’s 20 logistics sites in Germany, including Leipzig, Rhineburg and Dortmund.
Amazon in a statement downplayed the impact the strike would have during the busy shopping season.
“Customers can count on reliable and on-time delivery as always,” it said, adding that workers already benefit from “fair wages and good additional benefits.”
Starting pay is 14 euros ($15.30) an hour, the company said, which is higher than Germany’s minimum wage of 12 euros.
It said more than half of its employees had been working for the group for more than five years.
But Verdi is pushing for the company to recognize regional collective agreements in the retail and mail order sector.
“Only collective agreements provide workers with binding protections from arbitrary company policies,” said Silke Zimmer, head of the union’s retail sector.
“Amazon employees have renamed Black Friday as Make Amazon Pay Day,” he said.
“Black Friday”, held the day after Thanksgiving, is increasingly being copied in Europe and beyond, with stores offering deep discounts to kick off the holiday gift-giving season.
The industrial action began on Friday night, and affects five of Amazon’s 20 logistics sites in Germany, including Leipzig, Rhineburg and Dortmund.
Amazon in a statement downplayed the impact the strike would have during the busy shopping season.
“Customers can count on reliable and on-time delivery as always,” it said, adding that workers already benefit from “fair wages and good additional benefits.”
Starting pay is 14 euros ($15.30) an hour, the company said, which is higher than Germany’s minimum wage of 12 euros.
It said more than half of its employees had been working for the group for more than five years.
But Verdi is pushing for the company to recognize regional collective agreements in the retail and mail order sector.
“Only collective agreements provide workers with binding protections from arbitrary company policies,” said Silke Zimmer, head of the union’s retail sector.
“Amazon employees have renamed Black Friday as Make Amazon Pay Day,” he said.
“Black Friday”, held the day after Thanksgiving, is increasingly being copied in Europe and beyond, with stores offering deep discounts to kick off the holiday gift-giving season.
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