Also, in the sixth year of the labor dispute at shipping giant Amazon, the Verdi Union is using its special sale for strikes. The so-called ‘ Primeday the employees to set the work down.
Amazon employees in Germany, Poland and Spain, are called by trade unions to join on Tuesday a bargain action the Online retailer with protests.
In Germany, strikes in the distribution centres in Bad Hersfeld, Leipzig, Graben, Rheinberg, Werne and Koblenz were planned, informed the trade Union Verdi on Monday. In Poland, the employees should make the Tuesday service to Vorrschrift, it said. In Spain, the unions called for the strike to Wednesday.
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The so-called Amazon-Primeday is a special sales campaign with a particularly high turnover. In this year he starts on Monday, may 6. July, at 12 o’clock, and ends 36 hours later, on Tuesday at midnight.
The Year Long Labor Dispute
Background: since 2013, a simmering conflict over a collective agreement for the nation’s approximately 16,000 employees of the US retailer, has denied any negotiations with Verdi. You could also be without a collective agreement in a fair and responsible employer, had recently stressed a company spokeswoman.
Currently, the employees want to demonstrate their strike for a collective agreement. “The message is clear: While the online giant is enriched, can be saved on the health of employees,” said Verdi Board member Stefanie use Berger. Long layers, miles and miles of trails, monotonous Work and heavy physical and psychological strain caused for a number of health problems. Verdi calls for contractual relief measures.
dk/jj (dpa, rtr)