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As Amazon faces intense scrutiny from EU lawmakers, unions and the public over spying of labour activists, its workers in Germany—members of the union ver.di—are responding with a strike on Prime Day in the cities of Leipzig, Bad Hersfeld, Rheinberg, Werne, Graben and Koblenz in what´s long-running struggle for better pay, working conditions and respect. ver.di members struck over the summer after workers…

Thousands of workers at BNP Paribas bank in France are staging a one-day strike today, 13 October. Trade unions at the bank, including UNI Global Union affiliates, CFDT, FO and CGT, are calling for industrial action, which is rare in the French finance sector. Workers are protesting new measures from the French multinational that would…

A Europe-wide demand that Amazon stop spying on workers is echoing within the halls of power in the EU. Today, 37 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sent a letter to the company’s CEO Jeff Bezos calling for urgent action, days after European labour unions urged EU authorities to investigate the company for what they…

Today is World Day for Decent Work. Service workers’ unions from across the world are uniting to demand essential rights for essential workers. UNI Europa marked the launch of this campaign with a joint video message. “Many employers have been allowed to cut corners and unleash a race to the bottom on these workers’ conditions…

Read the full opinion piece here. Amazon is leading an assault on workers’ rights in Europe. It uses big data and surveillance to crush efforts by workers to improve their conditions. It’s actions deserve special attention. While it is among the most rotten, Amazon is not the only bad apple. Corporations are increasingly using digital…