The day before the big sale, strikes broke out in many Amazon warehouses in Germany!

Yesterday ( October 10), foreign media reported that Amazon workers in several warehouses in Germany suddenly went on strike. The United Services Union Verdi called on workers to continue the strike until Saturday (October 15) in order to put more pressure on the "wage agreement" initiated by Amazon and require Amazon to recognize the collective agreement in the retail sector.

During the strike, which was called by the union Verdi in North Rhine-Westphalia and also joined by employees in other regions, employees shared pictures and videos on Twitter of a night strike at the Amazon logistics center in Winsen, Lower Saxony.

The content of this Twitter post showed that on that day, more than 280 employees on the night shift at Amazon's Winson warehouse participated in the strike, successfully exerting tremendous pressure on Amazon's management.

Amazon Prime Day 2.0 is scheduled for October 11-12. This sudden collective strike in multiple locations coincides with the arrival of Amazon Prime Day 2.0, which may have a significant impact on Amazon's package logistics in Germany.

In fact, at the start of the evening shift on October 5, the union Verdi was calling on workers at Amazon's logistics center to strike, and the next morning these employees joined the strikers in Vonn and Dortmund.

In addition to the need for collective agreements, Amazon employees are fighting back against increasing workloads and related health hazards, the report said. The reason is that Amazon's second Prime Day this year brought it huge sales growth and a lot of publicity, but for workers, events such as Prime Day 2.0 have further increased their workload, meaning they have less rest time, and with Black Friday and the Christmas season approaching, employees have no breathing time, which is considered to be at the expense of their health.

It is reported that this is not the first time that Amazon has encountered a strike before the peak season. Before Amazon's first Prime Day in July this year, Amazon German workers went on strike in seven operation centers. The purpose is the same as this time, which is to force Amazon to accept a collective agreement.

Then, in mid-August, at the call of the union Verdi, Amazon warehouse workers in central Germany also went on strike, starting on August 15 and ending on August 16. The strike was due to the continued inflation, the cost of living crisis, and the need for workers to increase their salaries. Surprisingly, Amazon compromised in response to the strike, saying that their wages would automatically increase after workers had served for one and two years.

For many years, German unions have been trying to get Amazon to sign the collective labor agreement for the country's mail order and retail industries, but Amazon has not compromised and has insisted on using its own salary system. If Amazon still does not compromise this time, the contradiction will continue to exist, which also means that there will be another wave of Amazon employee strikes at any time in the future.

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