In the US, workers at an Amazon facility in St Peters, Missouri walked off their jobs, while unions representing retail workers in New York City staged demonstrations outside Amazon owner Jeff Bezos’s apartment building. SUD was asking for a Black Friday bonus of 1,000 euros, which is double the payment offered by Amazon, as well as a 150 euro bonus per weekend worked in the fourth quarter. In France, where union groups SUD and CGT called for strike action in the country’s eight warehouses, campaigners said 60 people were demonstrating in front of Amazon’s Bretigny-sur-Orge site near Paris on Friday morning, with another 50 staying at home, out of a total 5,000 full-time and temporary employees at that location.Īmazon France said there had been no sign of disruption to operations so far. Because the costs have risen so enormously that you can’t live with what you earn.” “I have three children and we both work and we have a huge problem. ”With the small amount of money or salary that you earn, you can’t live in this time,” said Bastian Zafi, an Amazon worker in Germany. Progressive International November 24, 2022Ī spokesperson for Amazon in Germany said the company “offers great pay, benefits and development opportunities – all in an attractive working environment”.Īmong other things, the spokesperson pointed to a wage increase for Germany’s Amazon logistics employees from September, with the starting wage now at 13 euros per hour or more, including bonus payments.īut with inflation at its highest rate in decades at more than 10 percent in Germany, a Verdi spokesperson in Koblenz called the recent wage increase “a drop in the bucket”. It also called for a further collective agreement on workers’ wellbeing, with one spokesperson noting that warehouse employees can walk 15-20 kilometres (9.3-12.4 miles) per day on the job.Īmazon workers in Leipzig, Germany on strike with their union to #MakeAmazonPay /tFM83YA2Sc The Verdi union, which called the strikes in Germany, demanded the company recognise collective bargaining agreements for the retail and mail-order trade sector. In Germany, there were demonstrations at nine out of Amazon’s 20 warehouses in the country, although on Friday morning, the company said the vast majority of its employees in the country were working as normal. The Make Amazon Pay coalition, which made the call for the strikes, said industrial action and protests took place in more than 30 countries.
The actions coincided with one of the busiest shopping days of the year, Black Friday, when significant discounts push sales, leading to additional stress on retail and warehouse workers. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Amazon to lay off 10,000 people: Report list 2 of 4 Amazon pauses corporate hiring over economy concerns list 3 of 4 Amazon warns costs may eviscerate profits, shares crash list 4 of 4 Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York end of list
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