"Amazon workers in Germany strike over pay, Verdi union says", 14 July 2019

More than 2,000 workers at seven Amazon sites across Germany have gone on strike over pay for at least two days, labor union Verdi said on Monday.

The walkouts, under the motto ‘No more discount on our incomes”, started overnight and coincide with Amazon’s Prime Day...

...“While Amazon fuels bargain hunting on Prime Day with hefty discounts, employees are being deprived of a living wage,” Verdi retail specialist Orhan Akman said in a statement...

...Amazon did not provide exact numbers for how many employees were striking but said participation was limited and had no impact on customer deliveries.

“The company must finally recognize the collective wage agreements for the retail and mail order sectors,” Akman said. “Wages and salaries at Amazon must no longer be determined in the style of a lord of the manor.”

An Amazon spokesman said the company was a fair and responsible employer even without having a collective agreement in place, adding: “In our fulfillment centers, our wages are at the upper end of what is paid in comparable jobs.”