Union goes on strike at Amazon site in Koblenz
Another strike at Amazon in Germany: In the middle of the final spurt of the Christmas business, the trade union Verdi has called on the employees of the American mail order company to strike at various locations.
In Leipzig, the strike was to last throughout Monday and in Koblenz until the end of the early shift on Thursday. Around 200 employees gathered in front of the Leipzig company premises on Monday morning, as a Verdi spokesman reported. By midnight, the union expected about 450 participants there. There were also work stoppages in North Rhine-Westphalia: With the start of the early shift, 250 employees in Rheinberg and 80 colleagues in Werne went on strike, according to the union. The number of strikers in Rheinberg was expected to increase further with the shift change in the course of Monday. The strike here could continue up to and including Christmas Eve. The Christmas business is the strongest sales event of the year for the retail trade. In the run-up to Christmas, Verdi regularly calls for industrial action at German branches of the Internet company. "We want to really put Amazon in a bind," the union said in Leipzig. Before the weekend, Amazon had announced that despite the strike, deliveries would be made on time. The vast majority of the more than 10,000 employees and seasonal helpers had worked regularly. In addition, one has a Europe-wide logistics network. (SDA)
