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Amazon employees strike in front of the company's logistics center in Bad Hersfeld, Germany
Workers at four Amazon logistics centers in Germany went on strike Monday, the latest action in a long campaign to improve wages and working conditions.
The Verdi trade union said workers at the Rheinberg, Werne, Bad Hersfeld and Koblenz warehouses had stopped working. The strike was scheduled to last until Thursday in some centers, and others could join the group during the Easter holidays.
A spokeswoman for Amazon said the company had found a very limited participation in the strike in Germany, adding that there was no operational impact so that customer deliveries were not delayed.
Verdi has staged frequent strikes at Amazon in Germany since 2013 to pressure the retailer to increase the wages of warehouse workers in accordance with the collective agreements reached in the German mail order and retail sector. .
Amazon has repeatedly rejected Verdi's claims and the spokeswoman said the company was a fair and responsible employer without a collective agreement and that wages were at the maximum of what is paid for comparable jobs.
Amazon operates 12 distribution centers in Germany, its second largest market after the United States.
"Employees do not give up," said Stefanie Nutzenberger, board member of Verdi, in a statement. "They want to end the arbitrariness of a company that is putting pressure on its employees with stressful work and controls."
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