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In the social elections held last week, The Onofh\u00e4ngege Gewerkschaftsbond L\u00ebtzebuerg<\/em> (OGBL), Luxembourg\u2019s largest trade union and UNI member, managed to win 22.72 per cent of the votes from employees at Amazon Luxembourg. During social elections, <\/i>held every 5 years, workers vote to elect the members of the staff delegation in their company. This was the first time the OGBL has put up candidates at the company.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The OGBL now has five seats on the 22-strong staff delegation. As OGBL Deputy Central Secretary Isabel Scott told<\/a> Luxembourg Times<\/em> last Thursday<\/strong>, \u201cit was a leap of faith for the candidates who ran with us.\u201d Before the elections, Scott had spent some time building a relationship with Amazon employees, some of whom were already members of the OGBL. With around 4,500 employees, Amazon is Luxembourg\u2019s second-largest private employer. Last year, Amazon announced the biggest layoffs in its history with over 18,000 job cuts, which affected employees in Luxembourg too.<\/p>\r\n

The LCGB union, which was also putting up candidates for the first time at Amazon, polled 4.54 per cent, receiving one delegate.<\/p>\r\n

In past years, the OGBL participated in the global Make Amazon Pay<\/a> campaign, co-convened by UNI Global Union, and organised Black Friday protests outside the company\u2019s Luxembourg headquarters.<\/p>\r\n

UNI Europa Regional Secretary Oliver Roethig said<\/strong>: \u201cWe congratulate OGBL on their remarkable victory at Amazon Luxembourg. This triumph underscores the importance of workers’ solidarity and collective action in achieving fair labour practices. Unions make a difference and UNI Europa stands in solidarity with OGBL and all workers striving for better working conditions and rights.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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