Participated in the strike activities in order to raise wages and improve working conditions

The union also said workers could take further action as the Christmas shopping season approached. Ver.di representative Mchild Midak Mechthild Middeke said: "In the upcoming Christmas shopping season, whether the staff to carry out a larger strike, depends entirely on Amazon performance." ”

Ver.di said that in the Monday strike operation, about 600 people from the Amazon Bad Hoesfeld (bad Hersfeld) logistics center, and about 400 people from the Leipzig (Leipzig) Logistics Center. Amazon has 9 logistics centers in Germany, with a total staff of about 9000 people. Bad Hoesfeld, which is the largest logistics center, employs more than 3,000 people.

This year, Amazon has suffered several strikes in Germany. Germany's trade unions say it wants Amazon to pay employees according to industry standards, rather than based on their own salary guidelines. Midak said: "The moment that Amazon agrees to the negotiations is the moment when we stop the strike and sit down to negotiate." The salary standards of employees need to be determined by collective bargaining, not by the employer's unilateral decision. ”

Under Ver.di's collective agreement, Amazon should pay its employees Christmas bonuses or "13 months ' wages". This year, Amazon voluntarily paid its employees a one-time fee of € 400 to € 600 (about $542 to $813), but that was less than half of the bonuses stipulated in the collective agreement.

In addition, Ver.di wants Amazon German employees to be able to earn the same level of pay as the retail and mail-order industries. In Germany, where the retail and mail-order industries pay more than the logistics staff, Amazon lists most of Germany's staff as a logistics employee.

The Amazon spokeswoman said the wages of Amazon's German employees would be close to the German logistics industry's salary standards. The spokesman also said that to address the concerns of staff in the Logistics center, Amazon will negotiate with the union.

Both the strike and the increase in orders will not affect the quality of the company's services in the next few weeks, the spokesman said. If there is another strike, Amazon can also rely on its European logistics Network for order delivery.

Although Amazon is still refusing to negotiate with unions, Ver.di on behalf of Jorg Lauenross-Joerg Lauenroth-mago that a massive strike will eventually force Amazon to come to the negotiating table. He said: "We will continue to strike until Amazon solves the problem." ”