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Amazon warehouses in Germany to be hit by logistics worker strikes
THE Verdi labour union representing workers at the German warehouses of online retailer Amazon.com are being urged to strike in Bad Hersfeld and Graben after 600 staff walked out in Bad Hersfeld and Leipzig in a long-running pay dispute.
Verdi wants Amazon to raise the pay of workers at its distribution hubs in accordance with collective bargaining agreements across the mail order and retail industry in Germany and has organised several strikes over the past year.
But Amazon has rejected the demand, arguing that it regards warehouse staff as logistics workers and says they receive above-average pay by the standards of that industry.
Mr Verdi said retail and mail order workers had a pay rise of 5.1 per cent in two stages last year, while Amazon employees received an average raise of two per cent.
Verdi wants Amazon to raise the pay of workers at its distribution hubs in accordance with collective bargaining agreements across the mail order and retail industry in Germany and has organised several strikes over the past year.
But Amazon has rejected the demand, arguing that it regards warehouse staff as logistics workers and says they receive above-average pay by the standards of that industry.
Mr Verdi said retail and mail order workers had a pay rise of 5.1 per cent in two stages last year, while Amazon employees received an average raise of two per cent.
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