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Amazon Workers in Europe Strike During Prime Promotion Event

posted by martyb on Sunday July 22 2018, @12:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the prime-opportunity dept.

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Amazon workers from Spain, Germany and Poland have walked out on strike over demands for better working conditions, choosing to do so on the same date as the retail giant's big promotional push.

Workers demand a fairer conditions[sic] and an increase in salary of 1.5% from Amazon, whose founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth was calculated this week to top $150bn after the company's market valuation hit $888bn.

"The message is clear - while the online giant gets rich, it is saving money on the health of its workers," Germany's Verdi services union said in a statement, following five years in which Amazon has refused to enter into collective wage negotiations over the 16,000 workers employed in the country.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday July 23 2018, @12:00AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 23 2018, @12:00AM (#710952) Journal

    That argument may fool some of us when it's applied to capitalist imperialism in India and China or another developing nation. You realize that Spain is a modern nation and a member of the European Union?

    So... I shouldn't try to reason rationally with people from Spain?

    It's not so persuasive when we're taking about the "improvement" we've been living through for the past 40 years or so.

    Can't blame Bezos for that.