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Amazon workers held strikes across Europe on Black Friday
While Black Friday started as a post-Thanksgiving sales event in the US, it's grown in popularity in other countries. At a fulfillment center near Madrid, 90 percent of the 1,800 workers are holding a two-day strike to disrupt one of the company's biggest sales periods. As a result, Amazon diverted orders to its 22 other depots in the country.
[...] GMB union members, meanwhile, held protests at five UK warehouses over safety conditions, citing "chronic pain" as a common complaint and noting ambulances were called to attend injuries at fulfillment centers 600 times over the three years to May. Amazon told Gizmodo UK in a statement all of its sites are "safe places to work." It cited data from the UK's Health and Safety Executive stating it "has over 40% fewer injuries on average than other transportation and warehousing companies in the UK."
Workers at two depots in Germany also went on strike. Employees there have fought for years for better pay, which the Verdi union says is lower than other mail-order and retail jobs. The company told the Associated Press its logistics center workers in Germany take home relatively high wages. Employees in that country and in Italy also protested on Black Friday last year.
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