German, Italian Amazon Workers Strike On Black Friday

By David Rising, ASSOCIATED PRESS, Houston Chronicle: Business
Fri, 11/24/2017 - 9:57pm

BERLIN - Workers at a half-dozen Amazon distribution centers in Germany and one in Italy walked off the job Friday, in a protest timed to coincide with Black Friday to demand better wages from the American online giant. In Germany, ver.di union spokesman Thomas Voss said some 2,500 workers were on strike at Amazon facilities in Bad Hersfeld, Leipzig, Rheinberg, Werne, Graben and Koblenz.

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