According to foreign media reports, recently, the German trade union Verdi called on workers in Amazon's seven logistics centers in Germany to hold a three-day (6.21-6.23) strike.
And this time just hits the Prime Day promotion held by Amazon this year. It is reported that the warehouses involved include Werne, Leipzig, Rheinberg, Bad Hersfeld, Koblenz and Graben.
During the Prime Day sprint, Amazon warehouses have to go on strike for 3 days! During the Prime Day sprint, Amazon warehouses have to go on strike for 3 days!
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It is understood that the strike is related to workers' compensation.
Orhan Akman, who is in charge of the retail and mail order business at Verdi, said: “Amazon spends millions of dollars on advertising and can generate billions of dollars in sales during the event. The employees in the logistics center have to deal with the influx of customer orders every day , But did not get some due labor compensation from the increased workload."
He also pointed out angrily: "The profits have completely flowed into the pockets of the group and its shareholders, while employees continue to be deprived of collective wage agreements and good and healthy working conditions."
In this regard, Amazon pointed out in a statement that Amazon has provided employees with generous salaries, additional benefits and career opportunities, and all employees work in a safe and modern working environment.
It is understood that just recently, Amazon also announced that it will implement a starting salary of 12 euros in its German logistics center from July. It is expected that by the autumn of 2022, this figure will rise to 12.50 euros.
However, the German trade union Verdi said that the increase in starting salary is doubtful and that its employees have not been recognized and respected by Amazon. For many years, the German trade union Verdi has criticized Amazon for rejecting collective agreements and called on Amazon to recognize collective bargaining agreements and negotiate collective agreements for "good and healthy work."
As we all know, Germany is Amazon's largest market after the United States. It is understood that since 2013, Verdi has organized several Amazon employee strikes, and this is not the first time that Verdi has called on employees to strike at an important marketing node such as "Prime Day" to fight Amazon.
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During the Prime Day sprint, Amazon warehouses have to go on strike for 3 days! During the Prime Day sprint, Amazon warehouses have to go on strike for 3 days!
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▪ At the end of March this year, the German trade union Verdi called on Amazon's warehouse workers in six locations in Germany to strike for a period of four days before Easter to try again to force Amazon to recognize the collective bargaining agreement.
▪ Around the end of November last year, the German trade union Verdi called on workers in seven Amazon warehouses in Germany to go on a three-day strike, which coincided with the Black Friday shopping festival on November 27.
▪ In October last year, the German trade union Verdi organized a two-day strike from the 13th to the 14th (Prime Day). The reason was that the union and its members believed that Amazon workers deserve better pay, working conditions and more respect.
During the critical period of Prime Day's sprint, sellers on the site must be very worried about whether the strike will affect the normal delivery of orders.
Although Amazon has stated in the past that the strike will not have a significant impact on the normal delivery of sellers’ orders, sellers still need to keep an eye on developments and platform notifications. In addition, in order to avoid a bad user experience, you should always pay attention to the logistics information of the order after delivery. If there is an abnormal delivery, communicate with the customer in a timely manner.
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