AMAZON warehouse staff have extended a strike in a long-running dispute over better pay and conditions in Germany while the company vowed to deliver Christmas presents on time, Reuters reports.
Labour union Verdi launched a three-day strike on Monday at five of Amazon's nine distribution centres in Germany, adding a sixth warehouse from Tuesday, with more than 2,600 workers on strike.
Workers at four of those warehouses have decided to continue their strike until Saturday and employees at the Graben warehouse said they will strike until December 24.
But an Amazon spokeswoman said only a minority had joined the strike, with around 19,000 working normally. "We keep our customer promises,?she said.
Thus far, she said, Amazon had not experienced any delays and had even extended the deadline for customers to get gifts in time for December 24 until midday on December 22 from midnight on December 21.
Verdi has organised frequent strikes at Amazon since May 2013 as it seeks to induce the retailer to raise pay for warehouse workers in accordance with collective bargaining agreements across Germany’s mail order and retail industry.
Amazon has repeatedly rejected the union’s demands, saying it regards warehouse staff as logistics workers and that they receive above average pay by the standards of the industry.
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19 December 2014 - 21:57
German warehouse staff extend strike, but Amazon says only minority involved
AMAZON warehouse staff have extended a strike in a long-running dispute over better pay and conditions in Germany while the company vowed to deliver Christmas presents on time
WORLD SHIPPING
19 December 2014 - 21:57
German warehouse staff extend strike, but Amazon says only minority involved
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