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Calling for a collective agreement at Amazon\u2019s German warehouses, ver.di members at seven distribution<\/a> centres went on a Prime Day strike, starting overnight on 10 July. Prime Day is an annual promotion where Amazon offers price reductions on selected goods.<\/p>\r\n

ver.di, Germany\u2019s service workers\u2019 union, wants the U.S. online retailer to recognize the collective agreements for the retail and mail order industries as well as \u201cGood and Healthy Work.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Walk offs occurred in Graben near Augsburg, Leipzig, Koblenz, Rheinberg, Werne and Bad Hersfeld (two locations). Workers took additional actions in other warehouses around the country.<\/p>\r\n

“The active colleagues who have been fighting for a collective agreement at Amazon for years deserve our respect for the courage they keep showing in this dispute\u2014despite the pressure from the employer,” said ver.di national executive board member Stefanie Nutzenberger.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

After years of worker strikes and organizing, Amazon has increased hourly wages. However, because of longer working hours and low-to-no special payments such as Christmas and holiday bonuses, Amazon employees’ incomes often remain several hundred euros less than workers in comparable companies covered by collective agreements.<\/p>\r\n

It is long overdue to give workers appreciation and material security, emphasised ver.di\u2019s Nutzenberger: “Only collective agreements protect workers and end Amazon\u2019s arbitrariness!”<\/p>\r\n

ver.di members at Amazon have been on strike many times before over pay and conditions.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAmazon can discount prices, but the company cannot continue to discount workers\u2019 labour or their contributions to the company\u2019s success,\u201d said Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union<\/strong>. \u201cIt is time for Amazon in Germany\u2014and everywhere it operates\u2014to negotiate with workers to ensure decent wages, safe jobs and the full protections of collective bargaining.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

UNI coordinates a global alliance<\/a> of unions representing Amazon workers.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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