Employees of e-commerce giant Amazon in Germany have been on strike since yesterday, Sunday (28/3). They planned the strike to last for four days.
Quoting Reuters on Monday (29/3/2021) the strike was called by the German trade union in an effort to force the company to fulfill its promises. Especially salary increases for employees in the retail and mail order industry.
One of the German trade unions, Verdi reported that they are demanding a 4.5% increase in wages. Strikes were carried out by employees at Amazon sites in Rheinberg, Werne, Koblenz, Leipzig. And also at two locations in Bad Hersfeld.
The union also revealed this strike as a start so that companies want to hold meetings with employees regarding wages that have not yet risen amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Amazon has successfully overcome the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. For this reason alone, wage embezzlement must stop there,” said Verdi’s representative, Orhan Akman.
In 2013 There Has Been Work Strike in Amazon
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon has faced a long-running battle with trade unions in Germany over better wages and conditions for logistics workers. Previously, work strikes has been a frequent event since 2013.
Responding to demands from the unions, Amazon said they have well channeled the offer of salaries and benefits. They also denied that some of their employees had gone on strike. The company confirmed that during the previous strike, more than 90% of the employees at the logistics center were working as usual.
For information, Germany itself is Amazon’s largest market after the United States.
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