{"id":4554,"date":"2023-12-18T10:57:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T09:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/news\/amazon-workers-in-germany-and-spain-strike-before-christmas\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:39:06","slug":"amazon-workers-in-germany-and-spain-strike-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/news\/amazon-workers-in-germany-and-spain-strike-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon workers in Germany and Spain strike before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This week \u2013 one of the busiest shopping periods of the years \u2013 Amazon warehouse workers in Germany and Spain are unleashing a series of strikes. These actions come just weeks after the successful Make Amazon Pay Day which has garnered international support and attention on Black Friday, 24 November.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In Germany, workers from several Amazon warehouses in Winsen headed to the picket lines on Sunday. Their demands are centered around better pay and the establishment of working contracts that ensure healthy conditions. This movement is not new; for a decade, members of the German union ver.di have consistently raised their voices against Amazon&#8217;s labour practices. In addition to the demand to recognize the collective wage agreements of the retail and mail order sector, ver.di is also calling for Amazon to sign a &#8220;collective agreement for good and healthy work.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Similarly, in Spain, workers at the Amazon warehouse in Dos Hermanas, Seville have walked off the job. The unions that make up the workers\u2019 committee at Amazon (UGT, CCOO and FETICO) have called for an indefinite strike at the logistics centre to get a &#8220;comparable salary, which dignifies and values the work done by all the people of the center.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UGT, which holds the majority in that committee, said that Monday, 18 December, in the middle of the Christmas busy season, workers will gather at the gates of the warehouse to kick-off the strike with demands &#8220;for wages, payment of holidays, overtime, training hours, and more.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last month\u2019s Make Amazon Pay Day, co-coordinated by UNI Global Union, saw workers and allies from over 30 countries, including the UK, Italy, the US, and Japan, participating in various forms of protest. The day of action is a global declaration against Amazon&#8217;s exploitative practices. This year&#8217;s actions included strikes in several countries, climate activism at Amazon Web Services facilities, and rallies by workers in Indian cities and Bangladeshi garment workers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Soon after 24 November day of protest, members of the GMB Union, who went on strike in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/map-coventry\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Coventry<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, announced that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/gmb-announces-new-amazon-stike\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">UK strike wave has grown<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the Birmingham-area.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, noted growing strength of this movement, stating, &#8220;This movements is growing because workers know that it doesn\u2019t matter what country you\u2019re in or what your job title is, we are all united in the fight for higher wages, an end to unreasonable quotas, and a voice on the job.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UNI Global Union remains steadfast in its support for these workers and Amazon workers everywhere who are pushing for broader change in the company\u2019s labour relations. It&#8217;s UNI Amazon Global Union Alliance and the Make Amazon Pay push are united behind common demands that Amazon pays its workers fairly, respects their right to join unions, commits to real environmental sustainability, and pays its fair share of taxes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the strikes unfold in Germany and Spain, the global labour movement watches closely, with hopes that in a new year, Amazon workers gain a world where all labour is valued, respected, and adequately compensated.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week \u2013 one of the busiest shopping periods of the years \u2013 Amazon warehouse workers in Germany and Spain are unleashing a series of strikes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":4555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[1],"topics":[78],"sectors":[20],"projects":[],"cross-sector-groups":[115],"workers-rights":[112],"global-issues":[],"regions":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9 - 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