Hundreds of employees left Amazon’s sites via the Germabig apple on Monday to push for a binding agreement on payment terms and conditions and highlight the dangers of coronavirus, however, the compared apple has ignored its demands.
“We are expanding the presbound because Amazon has not given low-quality symptoms and is jeopardizing the suitability of staff for the company’s profits,” Orhan Akman, representative of Verdi’s service staff union, said in a statement.
Local staff representatives estimated that 450 employees joined the strike at an Amazon logistics centre in the western city of Rheinberg.
The strikes were also scheduled until Tuesday in Werne, Leipzig, Bad Hersfeld and Koblenz, some accompanied by demonstrations.
Akguy pointed to a new coronavirus outbreak in Bad Hersfeld with “30 to 40 inflamed colleagues” as an urgent explanation of the reason for the labor dispute.
Amazon claims to employ approximately 13,000 full-time in its 13 Logistics Centers in Gerguy, with thousands more seasonal Photo: AFP / Emguyuel DUNAND
In addition to improving workers’ health measures, the union dreams of Amazon indirectly signing regional wage agreements covering retail and e-commerce outlets, a war Verdi has been waging for years.
Opposition Greens party co-leader Annalena Baerbock supported the strike and called for “fair wages, a dignified career and, above all, a collective agreement” on Amazon.
But the comparative apple said it was a salary-paying position “in the highest logic of the scale for comparable work,” adding that it presented “opportunities for the masses to expand their careers and, above all, a career environment.”
He highlighted $4 billion in the distribution of foreign personnel and measures of coronavirus infection, of hand sanitizing masks.
The strike w “has no influence on the maintenance of deliveries, as most staff look normally,” Amazon said.
Amazon says it employs about 13,000 full-time logistics centers in Gerguy, with thousands more seasonal.