Amazon workers in Germany to strike over pay, Verdi union says


  • TECH
  • Monday, 15 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: An Amazon sign is seen at an Amazon logistics centre in Werne, Germany, December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler

BERLIN: Workers at seven Amazon sites across Germany will go on strike over pay for at least two days this week starting on Sunday night going into Monday, labour union Verdi said. 

The strikes, under the motto “No more discount on our incomes”, will coincide with Amazon’s Prime Day when the US online retail giant offers its ‘Prime’ customers discount deals. Germany is its second-biggest market after the United States. 

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